Livermore Falls High School - Banner Yearbook (Livermore Falls, ME)

Text from Pages 1 - 124 of the 1945 volume:

L P BROWN 1 t F11 Compliments of 7 O O 15 C '1 S t . M THE BANNER X UI X I IX I RXIORE F XLLS XIXINIL Iuhllshed hx the Scnlor Class ot I IX I RXICJIU' F XLI S HIC H SCHOOL BANNER BOARD Pdltor tn chlef Pwtrlcla Brown Busmcss Xlanagers C ertrude Ilaxcnport Iaequcleen Vlltchcll Kathleen 'Norris Donald SHYHLC Antta Taklrentx Llterary Edttor Bexerly Lonstanttne School lNote Edttors Alberta Frazlcr Rtta Therrnen Athlettc Edltors Rtchard Packard Lmw ood Whrte Semor Btobraphles Editors Osear Anderson Paul Dobosz Faeulty -Xdx tscr Xhss Hall Typtsts Lorratne Btlode' tu Rita C erx als Betty Hlcleey Sylxla Nxehols Cllne X lrgln Iwther XVhttnc Photographers Osetr Xnderson Stuart Ballet Rxehtrd Ioxaas TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Banner Board Tthle ot Contents Honor Students School Ilureetorv Faculty ACIIXIIICS School Board In Apprecxatton Semor Btopraphlcs wtth Portraits School Notes Calendar Honor Rolls kcttxmes C,urr1cular and Extra Currxcular Scenes from Our Town Wxnter 1945 School Actxxxtles flllustrattons In the Armed Seruces Roster ot L F H S tn Armed OCYVICCS Llass 0 45 ID Seruce C,'iSl1'lIllCS Honors L F H S XXomen1n Seruce Xdxentures Around the XVorld ruth L F H S 18 snapshot pages News Flnultes and Other C eneral Items Letters rom Flbhllllig Fronts and Home C amps l lterary Xthlettes XX orkmg, Students Xdxertnsemeuts l 6 , UXL, I . 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'NIR XX HITNEX Submaster Room Exhibit 011 Iunior Night 'vias Beam Supervisor ot Refreshments lor Socials Noon Lunches tor VN inter Term Room hxhibit Iunior Night HOIHC Economics C lub Xdviser Nlas Tooivuav Sophomore Class Adviser Bookkeeping tor Ceneral School Fund and Xthletic Association Fund Room Izxhibit lunior N1gl1t Leader C ommercial Club College Typing Club Adviser to Tell -XTalc Supervisor ot Defense Stamps Sa es Nfxss HLxT Xdviser to Senior Biographies tor Banner Adviser to C,lass Day Parts Iudge of Iunior lN1ght Parts Miss MAHER Se111or Adviser Coach ol School Pllv C raduation Ilxercises Room hx hibit unior Night and lN1ght Scl1ool Supervisor ol Advertiser bCl100l Notes Adviser to Literarv Department ol the Banner Leader Reading C lub Miss Hsu. Iunior Class Adviser Faculty Menaoer lor Banner Room Exhibit Iunior Night and National Izducation Week Oversight ot C irls Xbsence Records Annual Check ot Librarv Books Library Filing Supervisor ot Schools at War Scrap book Compilation ot Pictures of L F H S Men and VVomen in Armed Services it Aeniueii C,oach ol Football Basketball 111d Baseball Adviser to Banner Athletic Notes Miss SHOENIARER C,l1flSIIDIlS Program Freshman C,lass Adviser Iunior Night Class Day 'wins Povnakov Leader ot Orchestra and Crlee Club Instrumental Classes Music tor School Play Iunior Night Class Day and Commencement Day C hoir High School Musicals 'vlk Psnsoss Room Exhibit on Iunior IN1ght 'VIR BEED3 Adviser Future Farmers of America CHANGES AMONG FACULTY lfrom report ot Nlr Rideout There hive been more changes in our teach ing force this ve1r Ihlll tor many vears Nlr Hopkins left us in the middle ol last vear to accept .1 high school principilship Arthur Frederick Crouse coached the baseball team To tilcc Xlr llopkins place Iohn F Aldrich ol lroviclcncc lvhocle lsl111cl vv1s secured r Xlc ri l1 is 1 gl'ICllllIL ol Rhode lsland State C c c incl his h1d 111uch experience III 1 1 letics ol 1ll lxl!1ClS Xlr Crouse vvho h1cl served verv eliicientlv IS our teicher ol Agriculture during the past three vc 1rs vs IS c 1 led into service in une I' crv effort vv1s 111 iclc to get him deterred 18 it vv1s lcit thit l1c could bc ol inuch gre 1tcr v ilue to the vv1r effort is Firm l ibor ACIIUIIIISCYIIOI' in this vicinitv but since he vv is under 76 NCIFS ot 1 c he could not bc deferred Robert H Beedy vv as secured for the position ind legan his vvorlc on Iuly l 'vlr Beedy is a raduate ot the Lniversity ot Xlaine and taught it C orinni and Nevv port last vear Xliss Olive lslodgett vvho had taught Com me c11l subiects for three vears had an oppor tunitv to tile a good position nearer home Nlrs Celeste Toomey vvas elected to hll the v icancv ciusecl bv Nliss Blodgetts resi nation Nlrs Toomev griduited from the Normal Course oi Sh 1vv Business Colle c and has had severil summer courses She is in experienced teicher For the p1st tvvc1 yeirs she tau 'ht at NI ipleton ss XLIII Coo 111s tc 1chcr ol HOIIIL c 111cs esi c1t 1 position 11e1rer Il Xlrs mice Wooclvvirc Bcecv vvas c tcc 111 her plice 'Nlrs liecclv is .1 ra u e ol tl1c s v c s tu 1 leavitt lnstitute and Houlton I c 8 A 1 1 , . a . 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'I' ll In I PR 5 LXNN 1 Livermore Falls Loses Member from School Board Nlrs I harlotte Bean a gr1du11tc of I nermore Ftlls Hlgh School who had been 11 I1 ember of the School Board tor sears announced 1n the w1nter that she would not be a cand1clate for reelect1on th1s year Her dec1s1on was accepted Xlllll regret for llUI'll'lg her long tenure of ofla e Mrs Bean had been a loyal and hard worklng member ot the board, and had taken an act1xe IHICFCSI 1n makmg the schools of the town as CHICICUI and progresslse as poss1ble She was especlally ll'lICfCSlCLl 1n socatlonal subyects and was one of the most enthus1ast1c adxocates for establ1sh1ng agr1cultural courses ID our school Mrs Bean has always been an unusuallv busy woman g1v1ng freelv of her efforts IU CIXIL church, and ne1ghborly enterpr1ses She also found t11ne to attend school soclal aHa1rs and athletlc contests She took a genu1ne IDICYCSI 1n the welfare of the students and teachers Thev express thelr apprec1at1on of her long serslce and extend all good vushes for her further success and happtness 1n the future The School Board of our town IS tradmonally one of whlch any commumty large or small, may be proud The men and women who haxe sefxcd 011 tt base nexer been self seeklng poll IILIIIIIS who llSLKl thelr ofbce tor personal ad xancement Un the contrarx our school board members hate been non part1san and unprc-1u d1ced c1t1Lens who haxe demonstrated an ad m1ranle Splfll of cooperauon among towns people teachers and students On our board haxe sersed such representatne CIIIZCUS as the late Dr Charles R S11a1th the late Ellen Rec ord Nlr Xllen P lew1s Dr C H Rand Dr H S Pratt and 'Slr Norman Sturtesant The present members of the Commntee are Mr Cvardmer X French w hose mother was long a skdlful teacher 1n our schools N11 George Rand, whose father serxed before h1m, Mr He11rv Fourmer, who was elected to the P051 IIOH left xacant by Mrs Bean Xlr Fournler IS a man who has traxelled w1dely wh1le a m1n1ng engmeer 1n Alaska South -Xmerlca, and Mex ICO Since h1s return to our town SIX years ago he has become one of our outstandlng and pro gressne merchants H15 1nterest 1n commun1ty affmrs IS well 1llustrated bv h1s patr1ot1c SCINICC as chalrman of the local Ranonmg Board IN APPRECIATION 'Ihe Bawxrn Board w1shes to take thls oppor tumty to express 1n a small degree IIS thanks to Nhss Hall and 'Wr C r1fF1n for the t1n1e and effort w h1ch they haxe expended 111 order that th1s years ed1t1on mav be 11 success VNC 1lso w1sh to thank 'Vhss 'Vllher Nllss Hunt and Mr 'xlllflkll for the1r aduce coneermng selec IIOU of 111ater1al for N'll'l0LlS colu111ns we thank those te1chcrs and Elame VK Nlurray Pubhc He1lth Nurse who sponsored columns concern mg sp c1al act1x1t1es 1n thelr departments we thank ll others w l1o offered the1r seruces 111 IDN w as The Rest r of Xrmed Serxlces h1s bee11 pre pared bs Nlr bnflan Nir Fr111k Burbank the Btxxrlt txp1sts 1nd thc School 'Notes l'd1ttrs They wlsh the ntmes of 1ll gr1du1tes of I F II S IS well IS the l'lll11L9 of former stuc en s to be l1sted The record IS complete a 1 we um 11 111111111 X111 further 1nfor111at1on con cermng n1111es that haxe been Ollllllell w1ll be gre1tlx 1pprec11ted ll Inermore Falls H1gh School Amy errors noted should be reported to the h1gh school ofllce We thank serv warmlv our generous adser IlSlHg subscnbers who haxe not clemurred at 1nc etsed rates the actne 1nterest of the com Illllnlly 1n our photo pages for the armed sen ILCS h1s been xerx grattfylng as well as 1ts serx ILCS 111 pro llI'll1g 1nd ed1t1ng seruce mens letters and news for those columns The Busan staff and IIS adusers have at te111ptecl to meet the cond1t1ons lI11pOSCLl by these w ar years and to reflect the great changes that haxe come so Slllllll 111ore space I9 de xefcd to those school act111t1es that fat 1nto the board has 1ttempted to 1 large propomon of war background l1e kee1 1n touch Wllll former students IH the armed serx ILCS lt seems regrettable to o1111t to ttormerlx 1 studentl but the LllllJlLlllIlC'5 111 contlctmg 1ll w ose IIIIHCS are 011 the H1gh School Roster seem obs1 111ent1o11 a smgle person who IS 11ow ID umform ous For that re1so11 we apprec11te the xolun ttrx otlermgs of so 111 tm PILIUYCS and letters 1 . 1 1 .1 1 1 ' - ' 1 - 13 1 1' . 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SENIOR BIOGRAPHIES 'Hn' f ROBERT LAMBERT GENERAL Bmlwill 2 3 lnttrelass bpurts 3 Hou Cooking, C um Racliu Club l IFIIfl4llLl'.1lI C luh I me riuy u a Soni Committees l 2 3 Tit et C oniiiiitteu Think of him still as the same I sax He is not dead he is IUSI .IVVJX OSCAR ANDE RSON COLLEGE C In Club l 2 Orehcwtm l 7 Ch ir I 7 Christmas Program l XS ashing ton Progmm l Social C ommittec l 7 Camera Club 1 Photographer for imp Driie 2 Photog,r.ipher for Sthools At Vhir bcrapbool. 3 4 Assembly lrogram Night Scholl -l Home Room President 4 Qchool Concert l lax has alurns been our rum! toinpentor in eieri sport we haw: pltixul VVcu non thu it ix in ne xx: lost anal so lime thex but theres ont use when the tltusion ls l'll1.ll We l'lJXL to .ulniit that we luxe been lxataii .incl ,mqrtl our Osmir ri i Iii Hirli stuiltnt STUART BAILEY GENERAL C po ing C ub 1 Ciiiicrq C lub I Home Room Qctrcmri l Chorus Sotul Committu. 2 Sump llriu Coll:-Ltor 2 Ratiuning 2 Farm Work 7 3 4 Photugmpher Schools At War Qempboolt 2 3 lnterelass Qports 2 51.1 e Crew School Plax 5 C rStiy.,c Manager Crratluation Program 3 'I rcasurcr 3 X ite Prcsimlcnt 4 Our the mar .intl up thc. hill 'Io Mariuns house hell go lt lie speeds JI ciglitx miles .in hour 'lo liim it seems too slim I' I rl ,fr 7 . sw. X xt N 4 'C afz --1 ' ' J 2 , Y .ll l: ' I -2-3: L Y l: il-'t 't' Cll 3: I il 1 ' - -: la In T -2 ' . ' --1 fo' --1 , ', . g ' ' - ' .' if 5 1 1 ' 9 - 9 Editor ot liANNi-.R Biographies -l: A.C.E.R.g Rntioning Assistant. I kk' Tl :la 'li 1 - : A 23 , 3 ---1 ii 'S L- N- 'J K.. , -X: I., K g 2 2 3 ,- I 1 1 -1' s S l II E B X N N R IORR XINL BILODI KU fyENER8L orus I7 1 1. on lx et omnutu un1or 'rom L cr 1 t Sthml 4 iornmeruxl Club 4 R d lr Iisxxra I1p1s XX AX down ID Icxts IS Zl mm -X11.11l1ng 1 ,url tn talsc the Lhmu 'lhat Iorrx s thr. one ue have .1 hun-.h I'or she. could round up her steers 1n 1 buneh What other reason could then hue. been I-or her s1ng.,1ng, so often Don t hnee Nh In IE XNETFF BLODC ETT CEx1aRA1, blcc lluo I 7 Chorus 3 lJs'11r X1g.,ht Sehul Z 3 -Xssembly Pl'0j,T2lll1 I l'arm Vlorls 34 Decoratmn Komnuttce lumor Nlghl 3 Commercml Llub 4 canettc IS .1lw11s s111g,1n1e In My Merry 0Idsmob1Ic a d truly ll 1 very useful for eomeung, hcr from harm to luuston PATRICIA BROWN COLLEGE Glce llub I Chorus I Assemblx Program I Hanchcraft Club l Cho1r I Speaker 3 Decoratmg Commmee Iumor N1ght 3 Program Commntec lumor Prom 3 Usher, Graduatmn 3 Ranonmg 3 Soc1al Commxttees I 2 3 4 Farm Work 3 4 Cheer Leader 34 Usher Xhght School 4 Typmg Club 4 Ed1tor 1n Ch1e-fot Bnxm 4 Patrlcla Ines on Ons Street Though 1ery seldom home We wonder 1f shell e er reform And ncxcr more roam BEVERLY CONSTANTIINE COLLEGE Glcc Llub I H1ncI1craft Club I I' st X I ilass I Chorus 1 Publn Spcaklng Club 2 Secretary Publ1c Spcakmg Club 2 Defense Stamp Sales man 7 Concert 2 Socml Commmee 2 3 School Play 2 3 Iumor N1ght Speaker 3 Sub Freshman Day Program 3 Orchestra 2 3 4 Assembly Program l 2 3 4 Cholr I 7 34 'Iypmg Club 4 Usher N1ght Sehool 4 Office G1rI 4 V1ol1n lfnsemblv. 4 IIICFJFQ Fchtor of BANNER 4 XVho 15 the must ldIIx'lIlWC person ln school VVho hops from twsk to task VVh1 Heurly lonstantme ot eoursc I711 you really h,11e to JSI'x SHERMAN LR -XM GENERAL Physn 1l Pdue 1t1on 7 Rad1o Club 4 'ILII -X 'I 1lL 'I p1st Io Sherman .1 shells ol the snmor CIJSS We NVlSI'l the best to come Xml when he on ns a b1g new farm We know th1ng,s then 111ll hum , 7 I : 3 - ch ---51 su- Sh fs: 'l 'k- cz A 1 ' 1 . 51 'sh-. 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Cxxxp 'Xnulxurs -Kvxuqlx PA L DOBOS7 Couxsxxz Cxlu Club l Orclxutra l Clxaxrxxxan -Mscxxxblx lmgraxxx I Camera Club I Raxlxxx C lulx 7 Hasdxall Managxr 7 Ihuvr.xrxxx5., Cxxxxxxxxmgc lunxor Nxglxt 5 Xwuxxlxlx mgraxxx Jxp.,lxI Sglxx xl -l Suua Cuxxxxxxxttgcs 3 larxxx Wnr x xxxxr xx lhxxxxxx lixxxLr.xplxxu A lrxgxxxl xxl .xll xx lxanxlwxxxr laul Wh M lxh C xx xrk C un thu larxxx Anal xxhrn lxx trmats nur wxu .xnxl pxp VM. xxxslx Ihrn luClC not lx..xrxxx XX lS DOLI OFF COLLFC E fu C ulx P st xxx Club l Sxxnldl Cxxxxxxxxxme 2 Lslxcr Iunxur Nlx Sclxxxxxl 7 Haskctlull 2 Publu Sprakxng Club 7 Dcfcmc Quxxxps 2 Handx cratt Club l bnlxxxxl Pl.xx Txckvs 7 lxbrarxan 2 3 'School Flax 3 Iunxor Nlglll Spcalwr 5 luxxxxxr Xxglxt lkxxxraxxng Cuxxxxxxxltee 3 l.xrxxx Work 3 4 Lslxxr Nxglxt Sglxxml 5-l Lxlxxr Crasluatxxxn 5 Iunxur Proxxx Rcfrcslxmcnt xx xxxxttu. 3 'lxxxxxx C lux -Xxxs xx .1 xxxusr xxatrxxxtxg gxxl txr she xx xxxarlx .xlxxaxs to lu sac-xx xvxtlx a I- gg Are xxxu Lxxxxxg xn for lx,xxr xlrosxxxx, nm -Xxxs CL XIRh DUW XIS COLLEGE 1 QL C ulx mr C xxxxlxxrxlx Clulx l lxxxr.xrx.xxx 7 3 Red C ross Sxxua C xxxxxxxxxt us C xxrx rxx x C xxxxx xxx my -l lunxur Prxxnx xnxx xxxxxxu 5 Mscxxxxx xx5,rxxxxC l lim Ollxrc txxr Hasluxlxa 4 'Ixpxng C lab 4 X lxxxppx 5,0 uglxx gxrl xs C .xxrc Ol mx xcrx .xxxx xxl urs she lx.xC her QIJYL X L :xxx x xxxxlx slxg xl xlmxxlg lllxl xx nn C xxl lxxr Ccrxxur xx LCJLISE DX lxh GLNERAL Q x xxx x CxxrlC Xuxxulturx xx l C :xxxxcra xxx x xxx wx x I xxxarx Xxxaxx L l xx IL W r xl ll NN L LS Ll' X LYLI' L K IXN l' hKf I XM xx x xxx lxxr In TH E BA 'YINER H AINNUR -KH DY5 KRT GExERA1. cc l uh ,rus mur u fl Class Sncrctarx :umm K lub I Hlnclxcmft lluh I x gm x mgrnm K 1 r Farm Xkurlx 3 -I Hump lwnnnnuu C Iuh 3 -I Schuuls at War Sgraphon Cummxttcg 3 -v Qtumlmnt -X NINIJUI nn I xhmrx xl'fdI1Q,LINll'll 3 -I Hunk C lub 4 Hut l unnll -I Vx :nh plam of xhmx CIILSIDUI Her xhapclx head ns cmxx md Rnd Hannorah s dlbpuntmn Beats anx g1rI 5 arounxl AI BI' RTA FR -XZIFR GEKJERAL Baskuhall I Rcfruhmcnt lununxltnn I lhurus I2 Camera Club 12 Hlklnp, Club 2 Raunmnp, 3 I-.arm Vlnrk 3 -I Lshcr Nlghr Club 4 School Notes Iwlllor of B,xxxH1 Hucs ln -U a Iucosc gxrl l nmplcxuun clarlx her halr m curl' All through her sghunl claxs xhr. s hacl fun 'Xml Ixnnxxx thc xaluc of frncncls shm s won RITA CERVAIS COMMERCIAL Chorus I blcc Club 2 Dcwratlng, lummmcn Stxlc Show 3 Model Style Show 3 Lomnxercml Club -I itumlcnt Assxstant ln Llbrarx Fllmg and Lnbrarx Arranp,cmenr 3-I iturknt Assmanr Armul QCYVICC Pxcturcs 4 Bxwxux 'lypxst 4 R111 hux xlxsaxx sumul In by -K hashful Llfl and hx Hut nnxv nt s wld .1 box namul Rax -Xt lust hu naught her uc ELAINE H XRDY CJENIERAL nn mg., lluh I mm uw rm ur football 7 Rasa a umor Nrght Mar hal 3 Ikuvrmng, Crmxnntun fur Iumur Vip, t nurxlxw Sports mx Lthxll -I Xxnmun C uk! 'Irmy Mr Lur ws xuu uxr Nu n qu at an Km :Inn I hur from hum .x pup IJU not In trldxul hx thx 1 r Q Max unlx hm .xslup B11 FTY HILIxhY Coxxxinnc IAL ll L uh nr xx 4 u Hnncllgrd Iu I Sunil um mx tux 7 3 x Qr umur 1,,hl nr ru Udl n R I C nm Dmcunmng., Cmnnumg unmr Night v Dum 1 Stump Salcsmln 3 Iuxrm Work! -I Iixxxrn ut -I as Un XX hx dom hc haunt thn pmtm.1n X hn Lou un ls munxlx 4 uh may Par :ps wnxwm ln Ihr. N nxx XXuuImI In lllllllhkkl I GI-' il I-23: Ch: ' I-2: lu' R'I C ns I-2: 3 . ' 1' IZ C ' T : a ' ' I . : Av hlv P 72 I-2-3: fhn 2-3: ' f 1 2 - 1- 1 -1 . - k C1 Ia' ' I : Rall' Cl I I: Fu W k 2-3-4: 5 ' -: nh II 2-5:1 1 rv' :sa 1 1' ' jr ' ' .hfh 33 I z... .31 Ilpli' A 2: 'LI 3. ',: '1. ' If 5 hm I I I1 Nun, .' I ' -1 ' ' ' -' . ' 1' 'sl 'rr Gln TI I: Ch x. I: Cum-r.1Cl lx I: . 1 ' fr C h : S 'I C - ,I --: Lfhgl ' YW 3: L'sh', Kigl ru 3: cl 3 .. 3: - -A 'Y xl ' .' ' .': .I ga : 'f ' ', , 1 L 'I'xp', : Cla. lc -I. I- , Y I hf 13 -P 'hl , , ' 'b 'Lvl I' ' - . 05.133 T H E B -K Nl N E R ELOISE HODC lxlhfb Co1x1Mr,nc1,u, K lee Club 12 Home Room X1ccPrcsulcnt 7 3 Decoraung Committee, Iumor Nxght 3 Lsher Nhght School 4 l'arm Work 3 4 Commcrcml C lub 4 You are the best Cook 1n the class A short murx blue eyed lass Max xou alwaxs be as happy as xou xe been -Xml nuer lm ue to use the rollmg pm' HILRX L IULIUS CorxxMERcxAL LL Club 2 K s I Iumor Nxght Spnakcr 3 Handncraf Club I mera Klub l K omrnerux llxlx 3 4 lxbrarmn 4 larm Work 4 C ross C ll 3 Here s to the red head ol our dass' VV1th a lllrlatlous smllc lor all xx ho pass Bcrxl ns lnkul bx cxcrxonv. And should hml success xx hm her sehool nlaxs arf, Llom NIARY RING Gm ERAL Hanlllcraft u x xorus J C .umm Clu 1 2 larm Work Here s In xou Marx our xollx schoolmatc. 'Ihough oftcntxmcs absent xou nuer were lau. lie ure to be present xx hen lohnnx comes home fVSe xxonder lt lohnnx xvxll be the oncj RICHARD LOV 4 -XS COLLEGE Home Room Presxdent l Rauonmg., Assrstant 1 Camera Club 1 School Qoncert 1 School Plax 'llcket Sales l Orchestra I2 Glee Club 12 C hoxr 1 2 Radio Club 7 Soual kll!l1lDlIlLQ.5 1 2 3 4 Baseball Ticket Sales 7 3 School Plax 2 3 I-arm Work -1 4 School Plxotoqgrapher 4 Box Olhcc lhskctlvall 4 Class Presulem 4 Rlck Ioxais uxtermxmr md pal of the class Plans gruesome unmlermkxngs tor h1s future alas' Haxms, had such Loom' luck in makm, frlends ln the past He must rake ur ulxm xml not lwurx them oo fast ANIT4 NILDANIEI GENERAL anclncraft Clulx I -Xssenxbl 1o3.,xxm Lshcr at C racluauon J Farm X ork 3 4 Lsnr ll Nxglll Nh pol 4 Qchools Xt XX xr Scrapbook Commxttee ks lortum xx hed Lots rouncl and rounm km lnaxms :Ls pits o lat: Vx c hope. xou get health xxealth and all As xx ell .1s xour llLlPll1.ilC A 1 .V I ' . ' S I . - Z n .. 1 . I Q . . - ,V , ,Q 7 .y - I . , , - . . . . . . . . . , - - y ' wx ' ' ... - , . Gln , 1 Ihoru. ,fi ' .Rv .' -' 'f : L ' 3 Ca -' I : I - gl T1 -1 Q 'V z 3' ' 9 Red 1 Tl l 2. u 1' 'h -vs. If .fn iv u, Y s 1 J ' ' ' Cl l l: Cl . 2-'z 1' , l 1 5 ' 3-4. ' , 1 , ' . I C ... u. . . XVhere x'ou'll be snug and cozy and nevermore roam, v , . ' 4 A : . . Y A 3 I I I I g ' . : - 5 - : 2 - 1 ' -1 . M , - - - 1 . , - . '. ' r L . '- , . . -- . 1 . . . . . , H '., A .1-1 . ' . L A , H-. ,' , F. - , A W ' -' ,, ' - ' , , , - C M-o . 5 - z Y , Y v A A A X - 4 - H- , : .. A 517' L l: '. ' I' ': V ' -: fl' Q . ' su' Z.' - 'L f' ' ' 5-4. , ' -K - -- f -. ' l . l -' c V. f ' -, ' . 'V A,. .. V ,.. ' . Q T I-I E B A N NI E R IACQUELEEN MITCHELL Cosnsinncml. Christmas Plas l hrst Aid Club I Handicraft Club 2 Social Committee 2 3 4 Rauonmg, 3 Defense Stamp Salesman 3 School Play Usher 3 Iumor Night Speaker 3 Iumor Night Decorating., Committee 3 Farm Work 3 4 Craduanrn bsher 3 Commercial Club 3 4 Class Secretary Treasurer 3 Iumor Prom Ticket Committee 3 Business Manager of Bfwvtan 4 Usher Night School 4 Social Fdrtor of Tell 4 Tale 3 4 Olhce Girl 2 3 4 Her hair is blonde her eyes are brown We ye never seen her with a frown Shes always laughing always gay Although her beau is far .ny ax SYLX IA NICHOLS GENERAL Glee Club I 2 Handicraft Club I Secretary of Class I Secretary of Home Room I Cashier Hot Lunch I Chorus 3 Decorating Committee Style Show 3 Model Style Show 3 Usher Night School 4 Commercial Club 4 Farm Work 3 4 Ticket Committee I-reshman Reception 4 Social Com mittee 3 Busta Txpist 4 Sylyia is a blonde girl from Fayette whom we often see riding uptown in a black car with her Prrnce Charming. from the West Side After her school days are done will she be content to be a housewife? We Lhmk she would do well as a clreer tgirl or uen .1 model VVhatucr your choice best of luck Sylua' KATHLEEN NORRIS Coivrmianctu. Handicraft Club I Clee Club I 2 Home Room Sec etary 2 Choir 2 3 4 Club 3 4 Tell A Tale Humor Fdrtor 3 4 Style Show 3 Social Committees I2 3 Xvar Stamp Sales 4 Night School Speaker 4 Business Manager Ihsxrtz 4 D A R Candidate 4 Hiking Club 3 Office C irl 3 4 Senior L lass Treasurer I C lass Ode Kay Norris the girl from VI ater Street Shows a smile and drmples to those she may meet The NI:-ivy says she is really olsay But I m terribly lonesome ws hen Earl s axs ay RICH ARD P ACKARD COLLEGE Boys Cooking Club I Committees l 2 3 Public Speaking Club 2 Elec tricity Club 2 Radio Club 3 Manager of Baseball 3 Speaker Iumor Night 3 Interclass Sports 3 Chemistry Demonstration I Iumor Night 3 Library Fxhrbition l Parents Night 3 4 Physics Demonstration I Glee Club 4 Baseball 4 Athletic Editor of BANXFR 4 Richard has an explosiye personality hows he lowes to play practical Jokes with chemicals' We all remember the odor from the wastebasket last year and the blackened faces of chemistry studenu when he nearly blew up the lab LEL A RICHARDS Grarselmt. Social Refreshment Committee I Chorus I7 Llass 'viarshal 3 Usher Night School 4 I ls for Lela so su eet and o fair F for eyes of a blue so rare I rs for lonesome which shell nucr be After he returns from across the sea , I is 3 T ' 1 ' ' g ' ' - - 1 I z . , : j, 5 .' . ' : r' 1 ' 3 - 3 1 'r '. : ' - : '- .Q , ' T 1 M , A Q Y'y , ' ' ' - . 'V' . ' - - . , . . . . . . , . 1 ,i ' 3 . , , 1. 1. s . , . . R . 3 1 sf - 1 , - , , . 1 , .. . 5 s 3 - 'Z a ' . - . V 7' . ' I 9 ' ' Y 1 3. - : ', . ' 3 - . .-'. , 'I I . , . . I . A. 1 . , , . .. , .. ., . , t , 'I I . Y ' , g 1 - : ' r ' : ' - - 3 Orchestra 2-3-45 Iunior Red Cross 33 junior Night Speaker 35 Commercial 3 - : -. - . - g ' I' . 1 - - z ' . 5 5 . ' 1 . .. ' , .' ' , : . . . ' : 3 : I - 5 , . -3 3 . . '. ' ' s -, - s A ! 7 ' 4 5 . . ' ' , 1 , ' 1 - - : ' ' ' 3 - j : , g ' - 5 : . , - - - Q R '- v s - I . ' . u ' , .. . . , . 4 . . . , ' ' ' . ' ' , . , ' ' . . 1 . . - . , , I K - I c R v . , . ' . I ' 1 ' . --: Tx. I ' g , . T ' ,- C ' S , A I 3 . , . , . 3 THE BANNIER DONALD S HVAC E Conuacs Basketball I3 4 Baseball 34 Class Secretary 4 Inter-class Sports 3 L,h.urm.1n Sehool Play 'lytket LAIFIIITIIIILC 3 laboratory Assistant 4 Mag anne Salesman 1 Busyness Manager of Bfyssm Don ns a frnend to all Thus last year he has been our star ln basketball XVe hear that he IS also a certain reml heads star' Best of luck Don yn the future' ID-X SMITH GENERAL Iiantllcratl llub I Iumur Rul Pross Qtutlnnt Assxstant m Ilbrary Xrranguyytnt 4 Reading, L lub -l It .1 s IILXQFIILKII latt lusCl1uu Hutause she lxyts quytc near VIL lsnnyv she ll alyyays ht pumtuyl No matter yy hat her cyrccr ANITX TM I IENTI COMMERCIAL Chorus 12 Camtra Club I7 Home Room Presulent 2 Usher Iunlor xllghl 2 bucnal Lommxttees 2 Rarmnlng, 3 Lsher Graduation 3 Usher, Qchuol Play 3 K mmm-rc1.1l Lluly 3 4 -Xssystant Fthtor and Treasurer of the I'ell A Tale 3 4 I ll3l'.ll'l.1Il 4 Usher Nlght Qthuul 4 Busymss Manager of the Bum R -I A ns for Annie the blael. hurul lass N ns for mceness yy huh nune cyn surpass I ns for Interest ln a eertaxn C hltls 'I IS for trutll tn Whyeh shell stycls A IS for auto Wl'llLl1 she clryves well RITA THERRIENI Cflsysslml. Chorus 12 3 Ikcuratyng, Ctmmnttee lumor Nnght 3 Farm Work 3 4 Qehoul 'Nlotu Ftlllor of Bavss R -I Rua fllerryen su they say Is gmnng to marry a mill. man some clay VK e Lan lust llIl.lj,ll It. htr on the farm C yrrylng, .1 mulls pall un Luther arm OLIN E X IRC IIN COMMERCIAL nryclntralt lluly tus tt 7 bshtr Iumur 'NIIL1 sur Stlmy II y ysytr run.: mn IXLIIIIILC. Imlxtur 0 Ie at 3 Ushtr Nlltyt Sty l -I lmmmrual Klub 3 -I Defense Sunny atsnyan 7 3 yy 4, -I Rmumn 3 Ihxxrk 'lypns -l Inu K lulw -l CIIIXL has bttn .1 l I lLI1ll xml Llyssm t Her gngglts hayt pruyoltcd many .1 t yu lslt X e yy mltr yyhntm llllyfht 4 su y all In my A I 4 L I ' ' - I : ' - , I-2-3: . ' . ' .' I . I. A 'Y 1 we A ' N b L Y' I l I 7 : V: , N 7 A A :Y i 1 . .. A . ..u Tngaether weihavc Anita. a girl whulis svy ell. A N I , V . Y , . Hg i l: Chyr' l-2: Gln Club l--1 '. ', ' . 'flt 23 UI-,I+ ll 'u.'2-3: L'.l',G4l't' 3: i. 4 i' f -ll-A- 'I'-1. .41 1 -' ARI ,mlnu : 3 3 -Z I S-l- - ..- : IILIYI IV rlg 3-'1 A A ' ll I . ' It Z I li '- 1 -- -gum g ac. ' H: U'-l g--, Y 'U - 'l '4-ll,l- y 'llw. 'I H I' H A N W E R MARY VNHITFKJMB KJENERAL K frus 7 Lshcr Nu, t gc 1 3 umor Rul Kross 3 lrarm Wor 3 St lc Shf u 3 Rmomng, 3 Schot ls .xt XX .ar Scmpboolt K ommnttce O 4 K url 4 Home lfK7f'l0llllKN Klub 4 Hot lunch 4 l'1l1n1, Llhr.-trx LC Ill' 5 'l 'slarx has .tlxuns hun thc UUILI munbtr of our class ls some Thmp, forutr on her mmtl uc wontltr LlNNX OOD VVHITE CJIAERAI. K oolung, Klub l K horus K ommerclal Lluh 3 4 Phsslcal lfclucauon 3 4 l-.um Vlorls 7 3 4 'hscball 2 3 Haslsethall Manager 4 Home Room Qccrc IJFX 4 Scrap Drug Kolltctor 2 lnterclass Sports 3 Sports Ethtor of ltll 4 'Idle 3 4 91454 Manner ff.lKlU3IlKlI'l 3 V1cL l'rL ltlcn of Commerclal uw 4 cnc KlKIl'Ul ANNIR l' lmmt 3 llx ttllt xx hts done in ucclltnt pncce ol work .ts manager of sports XV4. nontltr mf h1s mtcrcst ln Nhlton wlll alvxaxs last PSTHILR WHITNLY Kyrxrmt. KL U 7 Llfl Kllllllll LLS dllllrfl U N AIK c lu Puhllc Npulsxng, Klub 7 School Pl IX 2 3 llancllcraft K luh 7 Usher Nlxght School 7 Lshtr umor Nhght 2 l-.xrm Vlork 3 4 Pxopcrtx M1stress Kyracl mp., 3 Ofhtc K url -l Txplst for thc. lisxxt-R 4 Klass Oc'e 4 l ther the l tss with the sof hrown turls ls notul as one nl our hest clrtssul gurls l-orcxtr :lax clrc nmng, mto spur. Of her Sc.: lite m some ltr 1-H plqcc THLRLKDXV VVlLlslNlS CJENERXL X ro rtm o or rttsurcr rcsucn lA l' -X 34 N15.,ht hchool -Xsstmhly l'ro3.,rtm 7 l'Jl'lll Work I 2 3 4 XX hen 'lhurlow hrst came to ht h school hr. toon agriculture so that hc could hr. 1 gemrtl farmer now ll seems he xull spccmlme m Lambf J VIRK lNl X VVOKJDBURY C,0NlIsiERK,I'lL hs Ltlwtll K torus LJ cr umor X1 t 7 Klfhu Wor 4 Ls cr oo llt umor N1 1 Nut tr Farm Vlor 3 Stxle rw Qccrtttrx ol Kommcrull Kluh 3 Rclrtshlmnt Komnnttcc umor Prom Motto K ommxttu umor Night 3 lshtr K mtluatnon 3 R3IlKlI'lll lj., 3 Com rmrcml Kluh 3 4 Soutl Kommxttecs 34 lwhtor nn Chrtf of the 'lc -K 'la L 3 4 Ls cr 'Nacht Qchmo O cc K :rl 4 K Id s Trusurcr X rg,1n1t IS short ancl cute Aluaxs full of fun We wonder XX 1ll she lne m Leeds lf he s th: luclsx om 7 ' v Zh, . l--2 V.. 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'1 5 thc ' .N Honor Rolls 1944 3 Students on the honor roll fo the hrst mnle me p nod were is follows Ycmoz Clsear Xnderson Hexerlx Constln nne Xxls Dollofl Lou1seDslee Xflrx XX hlt eomh l'sther YVh1tneV :mm Donald -Xnderson Donald lxennedx Soplwmoze Phtllrp Barley hrna Hlmford Irma Bean Henry Breton Eduard Clout1er, lulxette Loulllard Phyllls Cressey Nferrlman To ter ustln Hartford lxenneth Holt Lxyll lxorhonen Harold Nevseomh Arnold Sturte nnt VVlllmm Thompson hrnestlne xVllllC.0ll'll7 Fic hmm S1lly Cox Cine Vllellmtn Russell Vlfnener l'v1 Smith l1mesR1ehmond une 'Vfurrn Bexerlv lott lNanev Hoag Xfanlwn Hardx Theresa Dule Crace Dramond Xhl eolm CLIIUIHIDLS Waretret C mm Lolleen Col son Rohert Losey Second Ranking Period 5612101 Clsear Anderson llllfllell llroxxn liexerlv C onsttntrne C ertrude Daxenport Iaul Dohosz -hrs Dolloff louxse Dvlee Ruta Cer sus betty Hleleey tequeleen Nfltehell S lxlt Xlehols Rrchfnrd Paelnrd Iel1 RlChlfClS Idl Sllillh Nfary XVl1lICOml7 Esther Xfvfilllltl Ilnl Nrehols umm Donxld Xnderson llexerlx Tre d l' 4 orl teques Donlld lxennee x VK eno 1 'Xerdetu Sap nmol: lhlllrp linlex frnt Hun ord lrmt fleln Henry llreton fdward Cl0llIlCl' lllllffllt Coullltrd Phxllts C,ressu Lxle Flag., Nfernmtn Foster ustm Hartford lxenneth Holt Iyylr lxorhonen Thomas Nlelxenney Hzrold Neueomh Arnold Sturtex Int XVllll2lIT1 Ihompson lernestlne WlllILCJII1l3 tequelvn Xl rreht Fic 1111411 Colleen Colson XlllL0lll1 Cum IDIDPS mme Desytrdms C nee Dnmond Theresl Duhe Mxnlvn Hlrdy Naney Hoag, Bexerlw lott leo laul Marqurs Iune Xlurraw C hfford Putnam Ima SIT'llIl1 Lourse Tl2,,llCIII1 Russell Mlm ner Ruta NV1rdxxell Clrle XVellman Thlrd Rankmg Penod 8171019 Oseur Xnderson lorrune BllCXlelLl Purnell Broun Bexerlv Constrntxne 'urs Do off R11 Cervns Paul DohosL Betty Hreleex Beryl ullus Xnlta xlLD1ll1Cl lleque leen Nlxtehell Svlxla lN1ehols lxathleen Norrxs Rrehlrd l7lClC3l'Cl 'XDII1 Taglxentx Nlirx XX hlt eomh lsther VVh1tney KXXI uma liuerlx Fleld Robert Fourmer H dom .leques Donald lxennedx YK enola Xadetu .Sophomou an Hales Phllllp Bale l'rn1 lirmford Edu 1rd C louner ullette C,0ull lard lhxllxs Cressex Xferrunm Foster ustm Hartford lxcnneth Holt Luft lxorhonen Isle Flag, Harold Neueomh Elarne Nfann Thomxs Nfelxennex Xrnold bturtexant XMI ham Thompson lrnestme Vlhnteomh Olner VK healer Fic hmeu Theresx Her eron Nfarelret Crxm Nhleolm C ummrnes mme l,CS11l'Clll1S C rtee Dlrmond lhcrest Dulwe XI1r1lynHardx Nanex Holi, CJllI1Cl0 lueirelll Harold Porter Cluflord Putnrm mxes Rlchmond Iwi bllfllli louise 'l1lllLl1Il Illtl Vllarelxxell Clrle Vlell man Xlmlxn XX wmm Fourth Ranking Period Scmoz Clselr Xnderson lorrune llllOClClll 71 neu iron lfcxer s C onsmn me tu Dohosf Mrs Dollofl louxse Dylee lefty Hlcleey l'1Cl'XllllllLlS XDIII NleD.1n1el 'teque leen Nfltchell Sxlxm Nxehols Rxehard Ptelurd Xmti Ta llent Xfxrx hVl11ICOITlb Esther VK hlt ney Htnnomh Dystrt zmzou Xmtt Be-tulneu Hexerl5 Fleld Roh ert Fournier Hdom ltques Nl enol1 Nftdeau S0f7hUI770ll lhllllp lllllll l'I'l1l BIITI ord xx 1rd o u er u xette om tre hxllms ressew H len l-rsh Normm I'l13,At, N Irv Hon lxenneth Holt lull lxorhonen Ihomts Nfelxennev Hlrold Xeueomlx Xrnold Sturte tant Xvlllfllli Thompson Ernestlne XNl'llILOIT1l7 lequellne VK rleht Fu lznzun Rtehlrd Clouner C olleen Colson 'Nltleoltn Cummxnes Cymee l3llINOI1Ll Theres! Dulue Mlnlu Hftrdx Ntney Hott, Hexerly lm Ulnndo l uelrellr lr une Xlllffll Xelmt Putmtn Theres1R1eh1rds hu Sllillll Loulse llglltllll Cine Xl ellmrn Nllldred Vlflyllllll Provrams CPRADUATIONI EXERCISES Class of 1944 not Lssrox xt Xlllllflll X 'fre 1 Clrehestrl lmxoc xrrox Rex Hrnford XX rreht Ch ERTL lu. Intermewo Clrehestm Saet Txrokx Dons Poulm DKXNIXTIIXTIIJX XX t Snug Till-L fi.-.'.'1R lb s, 1 A A .A .A AA A ' - 1 . 1 . y et' , ,,- ' . - AAAA A - AA A 4 - AA K K ' J. .xle el 1 elx, . . . ,. A A e A f - - 1 ' V .. , . ' ' Q , ' A ' , 1 , . 1 . , . 1 . . . ' ' I 1' 1 . ' . All' . -AA ' I rf: r . ,yy A' -- A ' - A A .f. ' ' ' , ' . AA A, A - A v- A' 1' 4 9 4. . , . , ' , N ' , , A . . , . .A s v ' ' , ', , a s - ' . .3 A I A A A A' ..Af A. . ,A ,g. A A ,A . , 1- ' s- s A N - A A 4 AA- - 1 - Q A - ,. , . . , f., .. .. .,. , . ' ' ' 7 . . .s , , , ' ' K ' 1 1. . - . . 1 5 L ' A I lyg 4 C 5 K q 7 7 ' 4 1 , 1 . , 11 , V ' . . . , . . - , . , A lA, A A A I. A K A' J g . 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A A A ,, ,A AXLAAA .A A .. on thc farms Some students shoxxed marlced THF B-XNINIFR Sc ne I School Room Xnlta Ilxsbee C Iarre Rlchards Rlta Cfagnon 'xlld lxn Ielarrmgton, Dorothx NX oodbury Irene St Plerre Francns Pl1lxLllSIxl Rlta Rlor dan Xrno'd I3 lclc VV1lhelmena Pettlngxll Ixenneth Dum us, lean VI ardxxell Crlorta Ionerlcau Dolly Tonccr Iohn Iiotlca Theo dore II rrx Nlrldred Ilaxls CeIl1 Ramsey our Cum Cnxt Ls LX Xhce Lamb Scene II Clllice Scene Nlr Cmlhn and Ruta Cngnon Sccne III School Room Sccnc rnhn md studcnts nppcmn Sccne I Scene IX lic ms Cn orc Vl1lhelmen1 IJL.IlII'1glll lohn Botlta Ixflltd Insbec Iscnncth Strout xlllttlll Rtchtrds r ctnc X lic Ill S xo 1 Rosanna C r1m Dolly 'Ioncer Scenc X I Farm Scene orcex Crosby Francls Fuller Marlon Berry Hoxx 1rd Inmlord lean VVardxxeIl Bexerlv Pettrnglll Phvlhs Lake Mlldred Daxxs, Nladelyn Harrtngton Dorothy Scott, -Xrlene Coombs Scene X III 'XCYODILIIILS and Manual 'I rnmng Classes Scene Ik Fmale Entlre Class Mtsxe Trumpet Solo-Barc1rolIe Hoxx ard Bamford Song Fmlandll Cholr X xuaou Toux Bexerly Barley Iknshsrvrtos ol- DIPLo'x1As Supt VI I Rxdeout C Lass CIDE Anna Stexxard and Bexerlv Halley Rl-C Lssros xt. Xlumm IN arch Orchestra COMMENCEMENT 1944 For sexer1I yetrs I. F H S has used lor IIS grldumon excrclses the modern type ol pro grnn Thus progrlm rs usually m the torm ol 1 pa fctnt or pl tx that not only glxes tll mem bers ol the class some lctlxc part tn the grtdua non but tlso grxcs thc parcnts Ind other guests an mslght IIIIO thc txpe ot xx orlc benng done bx thc XINCFICIII hwh schools plrtncultrly rn strmx mv to prcparc students lor cllcctxxe p1rtlc1pa txom nn thc democratxc xx ll oi hiv. bx UPIIOILIIIIL, the best standards ot good crtwenshlp through serxxce to commumtv, state and natlon Smce the xxar manpoxxer shortages ln local enterprlses haxe presented challenges to stu dents to do therr part xxherexer needed The multrplc actomphshments by boxs and gurls, xxorlclng students had xxon commend1t1on from emploxers and from agrrculturtl OITICIII5 xxho xfaxe thcse students credlt tor helpmg to saxe lcres ot frops md bushels ot lpples that xx ould otherxxlsc haxc been lost 1t 1 tune xx hcn they xxcre crltlclllx nccded 1t home Ind lbrold Ks mmx mcmbers ol thc cllss ol 194-I IYICI xxorlced on these esscntxal proyccts ll xxas dc cxded to zncorporate therr expcrlences xn a pagelnt ot our oxx n constructnon 'Io 'ICLOID plush thus purpo c thc dlrcctor outlmed the gen crll pl tn to thc students xxho lll turn CIISLLISSLLI IC lrcclx and m tde xalu1ble suggesuons I-Iax mg engaged rn a xarletv ol 0ccL1p'ltl0l1s stu dcnts xxerc -rrouped xccordmg to the type ol xxorlc done F rch student xx rote xn the form or a short slcctcll 'III account ot hrs expenences Ihese slcetchcs lncluded settmgs and dmlogues xyhxch xx ere then combmed and edlted by stu dents and dlrectors to glxe 1 cross SCLIIOD of the xx orlc done both 1n school, and 1n the I P mrlls III stores m homes 1n the foundrv and s orrgmahty and excellent humor III t171ng their oxxn experiences 1nd p oyect The tradrttonal salutatory tory serx ed to lntroduce the theme thus drama enyoyed the and xaledrc 1nd to sum marwe the students accomplishments and to lmlc their xx orlc xxlth the problems to be met by graduates ln the post xxar xx orld Txxo narrators proxlded the contmtntv that xx elded the scenes together 'Io speed the per tormtnce texx propertxes and llttle scenery xxere used For the hnale 1 large rephca ot the front of our Schools II VI ar Scrapbool-t xx as used as a bxclc drop lgamst xxhnch the entlre class each student grou ved pltrxotxc OPCIII ng xxearmg 1 but ot red and xxhlte xxas nn a huge blue X lor Xrctorv The INQIII xxas lurther carrned out bx the trumpct notes from Becthoxens X Sxmphonx xxlnch tolloxxed 1 chortl l't ltIlllg ind Introduccd the pledge ol allegllncc tol loxxcd bx the Star Spangled Banner From the stlndpomt ot students and director the IW-I grtduluon xx as a most IUICFCSIIIILZ ex P FIIIILIII III COOPLIKIIIXL ClIOI'l N aomn NI thc r Un ft to: I6 . . I . , ' 7 . .. . A L Sf .' A 1 ' , ' . . I ' Is ' I' ' . 1 . . . 11 . 1 1 NM 1 1 , 1 1 , , 1. . , , 1 , ., . ., . 1 1 , 1 1 ' ' . - ' ' . ' ' ' ., ' 1 e ., , . 1 - 1 .1. . P 1 - ' ' 'L 'J Ml' . 111.1 .1 ' ' ' - ' - ' I LT ' 'J 1 ' I1 ' .11 1.1 s11 1 -, -'11 . .. 1 sl 1 1 1 Mr. C2 'I' . 1 3 1 Q 1 -1 ' g in I . 1 1' - ' ' - ' . Y- c ' I I s I u .' lc: I I I I ' 4 - 1,1 Y . , .1 1 ,', I .., 1 ' j, ' 1 1 '1 11 1-I 1 1.1 1 . 1 1. ' 1 fl , ' 1 ' 1 1 . 1 1 v 1 I T- 4 'Q T I 3 H 1 'Q Q , , U-,. , ' ' ., J ' ' 4' ' C S I., . ..-,. .. . 1 s I . V . ,. . . Scene I II -Red Cross Scene -1 . .. . ,. ' . ' . ' . . ' I s I 1 1 , YI' ' ' ' r . ,1 . 1 V , 1 1 1 . 1 .1 1 1 1. , ' - . . .' -. 1 ' ' -,' - -,' 1' 1 . I I . 9' ' f f- ' ' '1 ' . ' . . 7 , . 1 - I v ' I I I I J 1-1. 1, . 1 1, 1 l I I 1' H I ' s 7 - I ' ' 1 s - I T. - 4 ' 1 1 ' V . ' I v v V I 231. Q -. ' I' ' ' I. ' .1 1 , A , K 'Tt1 L.. L,. - v I- I -,-.C . , rl.. . f . Y '. -. 1 '- 1 . '. ' . . - . ' ' ' I 1' ' ' 11 '- 1 1 'A - - v Q- .'a' x A b -1 1 ' - 'A 1' xi LN 1 1 y 1 ' J ' , , ' . , ' . -L ' ' - . ' . ' 1-1 . . . 1, 1- . .- - 1 -' 1 U . - .. -. 1 1 . .. . .11. Q, 1. 11.1 ... HP BANK CLASS DAY 1944 Un the das baton Commnmcmcnt thc fol loxunf, Clam Dlx Pxcrueu nun prwcnlcd IH thc H1 h Xhool XULIIIOTILIHI to m IUCIILU Q 01 SILILILFIIS Q iss mphux frlmls I ilu skl I snrlmon or C C lorll Iomgrlu H1 md lxcnmlh Uumus Ixnnmth Strom LIXERVIORI1 FALLS HIGH SCHOOL JLNIOR EXHIBITION Way 12 1944 lrmusmn 1' r ma Ur hkSIl'l r x U lmm all 1 xu km Uxprlurn Q XX L1 Unlnslrn Xumlxmmlx r Illl Xxilill 1 fm x L N L m u 1 qun un Nlm IL 'Ihc cllllllki' fir lx llhlun Norms SL Q Ions XI ll on llnrl nrt S ul N low L I mln x XILIPOINLINIS u gs L14 Q N Ll Tha X 1 xxx X I 1 11111 1 I rm osxusmlm lrumlp Slum s Do ng ll 1 In ul Dunn! 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THE BANN1R ger Ihullup Bauley The program concluded w uth a Chrustmas Sung under the durectuon ot Nlrs Pomeroy EASTER ASSEMBLY At an Faster assembly the musuc clubs under the durectuon ot Nlrs Pomeroy gaye the follow mg program School Onward Chrustuan Sol ducrs orchestra Clustenung Stars and Easter Sunruse puano solo Largo Handel Phullup Haulev tocal duet Prayer from Hansel and C retel bv Wuss Wann and Muss Hall trombone solo Iargo New World Symphony 'Vlalcolm Ctummungs cornet solo Xt Dawnung Cadman by Xrnold Sturteyant chour C rusaders Hymn school Ameruca MEMORIAL PRESIDENT ROOSEVFLT lmmeduatelv on the mornung followung the death ot our Presudent all students were sum moned to assembly Scrupture Readung Prayer Remarks by Pruncupal S A Gruffun School sungung of Xbude VVuth Me comprused the memorual program to honor the dead Presudent ot the Lnuted States ot Ameruca VE DAY The X F Dat program at Luyermore Falls Hugh School w as as follows Part I Proclama tuon lresudent Truman heard by raduo Proc lamatuon Wunston Chturchull heard by raduo Psalm 98 lruncupal S A C rtthn Blest Be the Tue that Bunds school The Nleanung of W E Day Prun C rufhn Part ll Buuldung the Peace XV1r How C an VK e Present lt Oscar Anderson Ir Freedom How Can We Achueue lt Patru cua Brown Prosteruty lxenneth Holt World Trade auud Transportatuon Arnold Sturteuant Socual Progrcss How C,an VVe Work for It Paul Dobos7 Clnward C,hrustuan Solduers school Star Spangled Banner school A S T R P TEST ON APRIL 12 1945 X quantvung test for the selectuon of candu dates for the Army Specualuzed Traunung Re serxe Program was guyen at L F H S on Apru 17 1945 MILK FLOSS COLLECTION The aud ot the schools was solucuted by the goxernment thus year un collectung seed pods of the mulkweed as the floss w as found to be an excellent substutute for the sullc Floss or kapok whuch came from Iasa before the war Thus floss us used un malcung ltte yaclsets and tests The pods w ere collected green un the fall and cured un mesh bags un the open aur Later they w ere collected and sent to Nluchugan tor process ung About 119 5 bags were collected un Luver more Falls Schools f 7 bags by students at the hugh school HONORS TO FORMER L F H S MEN Former Local Wan Gets Pruncupalshup Promotuon Irucnds hcrc wull he unterested to lcarn that Lrluan VK Chusc son ot Nlrs C ertrudc C hase ol thus town hus becn elected pruncupal ot the NK eehaw lcen Hugh School at NX eehaw lcen X I Thc school has an enrollment ot approxumately 'illll students and u iaculty ot -H teachers Xlr Chase has been located un Weehawl-.en tor the past sex eral vears and has serxed as prun cupal ot the Iuncoln and the Roosevelt Iunuor Hugh Schools and last year as prunctpal of the VVoodrow VVulson Iunuor Hugh The appOlr1IIu1CnI us a promotuon for Mr Dr Donald Strout Conducts Specual Lubrary Course Donald E Strout assustant professor of lubrary unstructuon has yust conducted a xery successful Summer lnstutute for Publuc and School luhraruans at the Unuuersuty of Munne sota Thus w as lor the enture state and was at tended by oxer 700 lubraruans and assustants Sexcral noted speakers were on the program and topucs pertaunung to the umprovement of lubrarues and modern methods un lubrary work lor young yeoplc were taken up and duscussed by those present Thus was the iurst Instutute ot uts lcund ever hcld un the st ute and Professor Strout and hus assustunts hopc to malce ut .tn annual exent Xlclxun XVarcl son ol the Rex and Mrs Mer rull C XVtrd who was graduated from l F H S uuu 1953 whcn hus father was pastor ot the local Lnuxersalust Church has yust graduated trouuu Xntloxcr Newton Theologucal School w uth xcru hugh honors For the past year and a half he has been student pastor at Norwell Lnuuer salust C hurch un Nlassachusetts J .. . -. . 7 - - - u 7 ' I 1 I ' - . 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Ariat ALTIW ITIES clllI'lClllZ1l .fuul Extra fllI'I'lClll3l' WAR CORRFSPONDENIT QPOKE TO LIVERMORE FALLS HIGH SCHOOL STUDEINTS Donald MacKenzie, Internationally Known, nfolds On The Spot Story of D Day Inva sion Gives Graphic Account of Important Combat Actions 1111 t Xl ttlxtnlit 1ntern1t1on1 x ltnou ll 1r K o rtspontltnt st oltt t tt ruin ht luttt ml llllty mtl su t qutnt 1111l1t1rw 1 t1o11s lolloxxinir tl1t lm tsion ot r11te Xs 111 UI1ll'1L spotohserxtr Xlr Nlat lxtnft h ul trntllttl throu3,hont tht Slllllllltl' t t X et lortes IS thu l1lKlIlkCl tow 1r1l thtir ohitttnts 111 Germ 1111 llix nr rtturnttl to tht L S only nithin retent ntel-.s t sttilttr 11 s ihle to gnc his .xuthtnte 1 grithit ittount ot 1n1port111t ton1h1t ILIIOHS litintf 111 eitperitmetl nexxsp1per man ht had 11ot onlx the trnnetl ohserxers twe tor detail hut also the L0lT1l11'lI1d ot words to malte the de tnls xixitl to his listeners s111 t I1 111 Xlr NI1 lxtn71t itltntihtt tht toistil points nhtrt tnt hrst ltnthngs utrt t e 1tl 1r1t1f t ht lk s tsl hlish ljroin st points tht sit ilxtr tritttl ht 1tr1rx tht illittl for ts lS thu pnshttl o11 through Nor Illlllll 1 1 t h illon tnt ts tn tr t h xs 111 h 1 s s 1 tt tltt t Llr positions l t ll tlttr tlso clts rihtt t tn xerts xtrtt nt t trossin- s trt to ftnt X tr1t111s trtxt 11- x ml 1 sttllx t It hitl 1t lrixtn to sttl shtlttr 111 thtst til ttrts 1 in oi tht t iniltt shilt shtlttrs t t th to tht tt 1rott t USH1' 1111 t lI'l3lIl hxt C1tr1111ns httort ht h mst t 11 is ki tt XS 'Xlr Xlltlxllllli hitl stootl lvtsitlt the tip t11n htntling h1111 this the tttonnt NX IS most refthstit Othtr 111e111or1n1e sttnes tht torrtspontlent tlescrilttl vtrt thost of the inissetl 1r1111es cn 1 hill oxtriooltmg 1 ton I1 ahout to le lttttlsetl the suitt pontrtul tlrixt ot C1tn Patton s tortes ton 1rtl llrest uhtre settntv hxt thouslntl Crer f f Lf 1 - Lf L f fy 71 ., L, - xx! 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THE BANNER mans yyere concentrated, the operatrons of tanks and bulldozers plowrng the enemy under, and the ertcrtement and hosprtalrty of small toyvn rn habrtants yyelcomrng the allred lrberators, and the reyorcrng of Parrs yyhen the Germans yyere drryen out Among the lrghter touches rn 'yIr Maclxen Zre s report yy as hrs descrrptron of that colorful personalrtv fren Patton The speaker not only gaye most of the audrence a neyy rrnpressron of the generals phvsreal appearance the rs well oyer 6 feet tall anel poyyerfully burltj, but also of hrs brrllrant strategy splendrd leadershrp and rndomrtable resolutron to re rch hrs mrlrtarv obrectryes regardless of obstacles Nlr NIacIxen7re yyas rntroduced by hrs host Vlr Stuart Rogers a former edrtor on the lNeyy York Darly New s, noyy a resrdent of East Lry ermore Nlr NIHLIXCDLIC, after leayrng the hos prtal to yyhrch he hrd gone on hrs arrry rl from oyerseas, came to Marne for addrtronal rest VVhrle rn Iryermore Falls he notrced the unrt rnsrgnrt yyorn by a local man and drscoyered they had been rn France together In addrtron to coyerrng the present vyar the correspondent rs a ycteran of NVorlcI VVar I rn yyhrch he yy as rn ryrrtor U S TREASURY CITATIONS Henry Breton -If and lxenneth Holt -If yyho re eryed the State of 'yfarne Xyyards last vear rs crrtoonrst rnd ts edrtorralrst yyere presented yyrth crtatrons from the Treasury Department for Drstrngurshed seryrce rn thc Fourth War took part yy rs sponsored by the Lnrted States Treasury Department MRS LYDA H BFRRY MAINE SCHOOLS AT WAR DIRECTOR VISITS L F H S Seyeral ertatrons from the Lnrted States Treasury Department yyere presented to stu dents and to the school on December Sth I9-I-I by NIrs Iyda H Berry Iiesrdes presentrng the lartoon and I'drtorral L rtatrons rboye mentroncd 'ylrs Berry also pre sented crtrtrons for XX rr Bond and stamp pur chases mrde last year bv students at L F H S 'Ihe lrtter crtatrons yyere for the folloyyrm, prcces of equrpment one held ambulance MII one held orgtn S57 all one lrfc out for srxty persons SIUII one yy rlkre talkre Saou and tyyo surgrcal beds for the 'X ryy Nfrs Berry' also gaye us rn rnterestrng brt of rnformatron concernrng the L F H S Schools- AtVIar Scrapbook made rn 1947 43, whrch rs now rn England It may be remembered that our book yyas chosen as one of the best srxty fselected from the 78 000 scrapbooks whrch were made all oyer the natronj Actually Mrs Berry sard our book yyas among the lst :lx chosen as best, and durrng the Natronal Educa tronal Xssocratron Meetrng held rn Atlantrc C rty last summer yy as commented on most fay orably tt a sessron durrng yyhrch Scrapbooks yy ere drscussed In speakrng about thrs sessron of the N E A Nlrs Iierrv sard There yyas a great deal of talk about the Scrapbook from Lryermore Falls Hrgh School rt thrs mectrng It yyas so con stantly referred to that I asked why the book from Iryermore Falls yyas consrdered so good u hy the judges rrted rt so hrghly Thrs answer yyas grycn me The L F H S Scrapbook shoyycd all the hrgh school yy ar actryrtres yyere berng carrred on there Pvezythlng a school could do to nd rn the yyar yyas berng done at Lryerrnore Falls I-Irgh School The school rec ord nas completely documented rn that Scrap nook VI hy contrnued NIrs Berry, yyhen I go to Vl'1shrngton now, I am always berng asked rn the Treasury Department oflace, Hou' are they up :ll 111261771016 Falls? VVhat are they dorng at Iryermore I'alls Hrgh School thrs year Nlrs Berry then sard she hoped to come agrrn to L F H S durrng thrs school year and con honors trrcc trmes durrng I9-I7 43 Xfrs Irerry rs connected yyrth the Unrted St rtcs Tre rsurv Department tnd rs the Drrector of the Schools Xt VI ar Program rn Nfarne her ofhces are at Portland Marne Drnrel Nlelcher, drrector Educatron Sectron XX ar Frnrnce Dryrsron Washrngton D L, 1 recent letter to Nlrs berry sard The Schools XtVl rr Irogrrm partrerpants should certarnly trke r bon for therr share rn the Sryth XVar cg,-r Sl XI S 'VI L R XI N X R ' r yer Ihc Hrrck Ilurlc rne n thc r c t crnr ronn 'a yer on many rom urch St ect ny ro oyycr It enc rc c ant NIouse Hrl Irrrn yyrndoyy at Inch sc roo Rrcrt Prrk and Honor Ro Cloyycrj Xhntcr scene lrokrne up Church Street Plnrrographer Rrchard I oy aas 20 . V . . . 7 . I 1 v I v , U G .V . A V V V , V . V V . V . . . . V . A , 1 I . In . 1 Y v I I ' I . . , ' V ' V ' . ' . . . 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V ' ' 5 ' . 1 I. .. . . .' , 3 . 5- .V A V V ' 1 ' V '- 4 . ., .. -KQSYQY' X QQ 0 up 25 I v III' IIANINII Loan There has been unxxersal IIISIQILIICC that the tn nng of the bexenth Vx ar Loan should be made to ICYIDII the schools to take part Con gF8IllllIl0l1S on nuxldlng 1 school program that IS proxxnxf llIC.IISICl'lbIl1lL 'xlrs Ixerrx xxas one ot If state dlrcctors m xlted to 1ttencl a natlonxxlde conlerencc held 1n XI ISIIIII 'ton rn YI1rch 4a MANUAL TRAINING To broaden the scopc of the pre 1nduct1on trannng xxc haxe xxorkcd out, tor tr11l Ill one class thns xc 1r 1 loxnc 1l scquencc ol stcps or operatnons rclatcd to thc metal trldcs The proxect xxe selected ts a small ,ack scrcxx because II seems to requ1re, lll nts constructron opera nons most rcpresent1t1xc ol what xxc xx 1nt to earn The hrst thlng xxe dnd xxas to make a free hand skctch roughlx showing shape and sxze From th1s sketch an accurate mechamcal draw mg xxas madc shoxxlng the exact stze, shape and other detalls nccessary to work from Nflakrng the wood pattern and core box from xxhlch to make the cast 1I'Ol1 parts came next These proxects haxe been completed and are readx to be taken to the loundry xxhere sand moulds 1nd cores, necessary 1n pourmg the castmgs, xx :ll le made VVh1le xxaltlng for the opportumtx to make the castlngs xxe haxe started lnachmmg thc scrcw and othcr steel The background gamed from such xarxed ex per1ences should be ot help both to those boys xx ho xx1ll soon be lnducted mto the armed serx 1ces fxxhnch are so hlghlx mechamzed tn this xx arl 1nd also to thosc xx ho xx rll somet1me haxe to earn thctr hxmg Ill a xxorld at pelce C llfford Parsons, 171xfllll'Z0l READING CLUB X sn1all group ot students xxho are lnterested ID books and authors and enyox exchangmg opnnlons on these subxects formed a Readlng Club that mct cxerv othcr Irlday during act1x1tx perrod In thc course ot the xear there xxere a number ot pleasant meetmgs bexeral students xxho belong to some ot the popular LOIDIIICTCIJI book clubs duscussed thc selecttons thex had bought These students not only brought the books crlttcal comments on them, and nllustrated magazxne artrcles about the authors to club meetings but also made loans of the books to other members Students xx ho belonged to thc Readlng Club xx ere Hannorah Dysart, Loutse Dyke Lela R1chards Ohxe Xmrgm, Clertrude Daxenport, Dorothy Hxll Frances Vlebster Fnth Rose Ioan C rosson Phllhp Barley, and Ixenneth Holt Mlss Nlaher w IS the adxlser NOON DANCING Mtcr Chrnstmas xacatlon students enyoyed dancxng m the 1ud1tor1um durlng the noon hour on Tuesdays and Frldays throughout the xxlntcr tcrm A portable xlctrola bclongmg to Don 1ld Sax lgC 45 1nd an tmphher belonglng to Hurx Holt, ex 45 turmshed musxc Stu dent pxantsts also played occaslonally The Cldhclllg xxas 1 recreatlonal actlxtty prtmarrly tor nus students who remam at school through out thc noon reccss but lI'l town students who enyoxcd the actxxlty often brought their lunches or returned to school early to enjoy a short pertod ol CIll'lLlf1g This year because of the lack of mvonc l1m1l1ar wnth callmg the lagures there were no square dances such as those en joyed by students last year when Mrss Blodgett was superxxsor consequently the attendance was somexx hat smaller slnce many ot the younger students are not yet adept tn ballroom danclng I-Ioxxexcr, some noons forty or hfty students xx ere on the Hoor M1rx I-Ioag, Nancy Hoag Rtta VVardwell, and Donald baxage xvere rn charge ot the rec ords 1nd equrpment 'xllss M1her xvas the faculty superxtsor AGRICULTURE The Xxfrtculture course ot I F H S re cetxed a drastlc setback th1s year Vx hen school opened xxe xxere surpr1sed to land only one stu dcnt enrolled nn the Iumor and Semor combma Iclt CJIIIIIIU, tnd scalmg, tn Hotnc I'conun11cs tl Xnxta Whltc 41 and Irncstme Vxhltconn 4 lccntcrj Plckmg, and scaling xxlth equtplncnt umnxcr ctnn Stuctnts trc lu lctte Ul annorah Dxsart 4 I 1 IS rcsscx x 1 Ixomoncn and Inn mac rlunclr arlcnc Int .1 41 lnwcr Xrsrtors ln H IIIIL. h1n11n111cx Room clurnng, Iunmr Ixus 1 Itblc H1 orc,,r1xu11d thsplaxs tll'lj.,lI1.l dcstcns skctchct hx classcs Rn. xt Rcd C rmss Nursrng, Coursc Paucnt Narx Hoag 41 Kttcncant Irna II..lllIItbI'l fl xxcrp txxu snapxlmu of 1945 Scrapbook wnch 1 n sw 1n I nclant IIIIKDIIDLFJIVIICI Oscar Xntlcrson 22 III 2 . . ER . , ' - I I s ' , , ' N ., , , I - I I I 1 - , 4 . I . .I g , . . , . , I 1 - I ' 1- ' a . . ,i . I . I 4 . - - -' ' . g . . . -if A. N , .K ' . . 1 I - 11 5 1 1 2 I I II , I I ' 1 --. - '- , ' - - s 1 II 'I I ' II I ' I I I ' I , - Q. v Q I Q . . . I. . I ' . ' . 1, - 1 .I y I :II I , 1 . . 4 'I ' I . . I , , - I . I . 2 . D 1 . - I II Y- I I, I D I 'I c I c I , I I V I . ' en 1 1 I I 1 N 2 v x I 'I . I I . I parts which are made from standard steel stock. I I . I . t . I I 1 I 1 . I 'I . I. . . Is B Ir v - I I I S I I' I I b A b I 4 nusu ' t , . . L. ' Q .V .W - U . , Q RI - 1 . . ., A , ' , fuss.. I' I II' i 'I' l I I II I '71 ' Y' 1 'I I ' I ' ' 1 ' I I ' , I used in s ' I1 ing. I l- 1 - II- - ' 7 1 ' . 2 - I V Ch llartl I-47. II' ' I 5, ,I yllf' , ' ' - I - , C -, '-IT, I.,-ll' ' I - '47, ' I l' 'It- g ' . g. ,--lk ':C --1 I I' I I I I I I I I tlnl, l 44. II: ' I f I. If 'I wr: - : ,-1 . . . .ti v ',.'-I-,i' I'-17: I R 1 'I 1. 1' I. 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V ' E Y 'WM'g W M 9'4- 5-'L' M 'Z has , QL 5 L F, W, I Q' fl , RK' g ' I ww Q' bag! v 4' 32 '15 No of students No of I-ours 'PI 'Il-II ISANNFR t1on class I-Iouexer, thls partlcular student has proxen to he an outstandxng asset to the depart ment In the other tuo classes the enrollment has been sausfactorx tor an agrxculture department The total enrollment for the department at present IS fourteen students The class vuorle th1s year has been confaned to those enterprlses uh1ch are of most tmpor tance to the food pI'0LIUCIlOl1 program They are orchardmg xegetable garden1ng lnestocle, dznrung and poultry bxnce most of the stu dents possess 1 xery IIIHIICLI knowledge of these proyects ll IS necessary ID all classes to start v11th the xery bastc problems of each project and proceed as raptdlx as posslble to the clarlh catton of such problems as yylll be of most lm portance to the food product1on program Fach student has been reeJu1red to construct a notebook 1n whlch he has kept data and tllus trat1ons concernmg each enterprtse These notebooks are deslgned for use as references for the student alter completmg the course There haxe been some excellent ones constructed In the agr1culture shop, whtch IS operated as 't practlcal means of studyxng the care, repaxr, Name of Farmer Address Berry, louls North Lnermore Bryant, Ben North Inermore Huclelev Cyuv leeds C oolc Percy Lnermore Fltgg Forrest Fayette Cnbbs X lx LIXCFIYIOFC urphy I lee s XILIIOIS Tom Lnermore Webster, SILIIICN Faye e Others 1X0 complete record and opcrauon of farm maehtnery and equtp- ment there hate been excellent protects earned out VI e were fortunate 1n acqunrmg new farm machtnery to assemble 1ncIud1ng movsmg ma ehmes a manure spreader, a l1me spreader, and a gang htrroxs Sexeral of the students haye expressed IIICII' apprec1at1on for haxrng the op portunttx of n orlcmg on new equrpment mstead of trung to reparr worn p1eces Durmg the hrst month of school the entlre department xx lb engaged 1n ass1st1ng mth the harxestmg ol crops tn thus area The boys xsorlced h trd and the value of the1r accompllsh ments tn harxestlng IS 1mmeasurablc It lb hoped that rn the future more boys vull become tnterested 1n agrlculture and vull enroll tn the course IIVERMORE FALLS HIGH SCHOOL EMERGENCY FARM LABORERS The folloxxmg statlstlcs are compiled from records suppl1ed me by those farmers who re cened the benefit of the Emergency Farm Labor group vshlch locally, was composed of students ol I nermore Falls I-hgh School workmg DU 1 1 -r-I9 Xctuxlly IM students uorleed the aboxe 1449 hours I bel1exe the st 1t1st1cs guen spells for them selxes but should anyone QUCSUOII the amount of 'nd guen these Itrmers at such a cr1t1cal tune I suggest thtt he personally ttllc vuth thc farmers I should lllce to tance th1s 0pp0I'lUl1lly on be hall ot the farmers and myself to thanlc the stu dents teachers and school author1t1es for the grtncl coot eratlon yklllch xx as gnen at that tnme Robert H Beedy, Lu! Farm labor Supervisor worked Kmd of crop Quanttty Apples Apples Lorn Lorn born Lorn Corn C orn 37 50 O0 boxes 00 bores f O0 tons l0l'ts IOII5 IOIIS IOHS tons H' ut ent Iltncmg, I te lla ll lhe K nur 11 om nu 100 enrx te on I o s ctulnu tr 1 uc rn I7 .uct aw c cc r 1 Le nutltlle mul Hex er y ll nc -In Ilorotln Hall and llamc Mann -I Ixatbleen 'Norms -I5 lfltl Mrs Xrtbur Pomeroy cet 1 o e hamo 1 -I -Kr ent 11 1 nnora 1 ILII cent Ilanctnt, I dx I th .1 e 1 Xn ther Vla I'hoto3.,rapl1c r Oscar X ntle rsnn In - L A . 1 . I l - 1 I ' 1 ' - , V, V t . A I . - 4' , . ,I T 4 . ' - 4 I ' ' 46 gf ' ,- a ' -1 I .' ' 25 3-III ' g ' ' . I - A 2 12 T Ilfw ' I ', V ' I 35 T 5 s 1 . - . ' 3 ? F F F . .' . L- ' ' 3 I5 I 3 NI ', . - . d' 20 2IIl I -Ill . 'A ' ', -- ' ' 42 .QCII 45 Pettingill, George -Livermore Falls I6 -III Beans 15 lbs. ' ' V f- ' 1 tt 12 72 I 12 ' S 1' ' ' Q 3 F P 5: IFS I ' .1 Q N 1.t-1:1 sr 1- rf '-1'.r'-:1', , ' ' A l Ifm11tr11'J I I II glt . II' -' II t . . ui -Q ' 1 - 1 ' - 1 ' ' 11-. '- . II. 1.11 11 1c1e , 111111, I4 '1 1, '- ' ' A. r 'll l'art 1 I v ', all '-IT, I ' ' ' ' If - ' 1 ' ' , Const. ui ' ' ', 4' - ' i V - ' ' h xl 1 I Q 4, ' . - IDi1'-- ur, tlacle r wk I.-na I .nl 'T., I l ' I ' I - I lltllll Is '-H, IIa 'I Ilysart '-5. 1 ' V' ' ' ' ' ' - 14 111 Stul' - f 1, .111 c- 1.fk-1 . flouyr , 11 - ltz. 51' if, f J Q. 43? ,dbh WL. x . .A . ,f 32: 'mfs- 26 THE BANNER A letter of appreciation was received by Mr. Rideout from Charles L. Eastman, County Agent in charge of the Farm Labor Ofhce, which follows: Cooperative Extension Work Agriculture and Home Economics STATE OF MAINE Extension Seryice Box 118 Leyyiston Maine Walter Rzdr out Superintendent 0 School LIUCIHZOIC Fall llluznf Drum Stk This is to thank you and all the students who so generously met our request to saye the Apple crop after the recent hurricane This crop was tlmost entirely sayed You yyere able to turmsh us almost four times the help yye had expected you could VK e may teel complimented that yye had more than yy as needed it yyas not a case of Too little and too late I yy ish to express, to all those contributing, the thanks ot the Apple Clroyy ers and the Farm Labor Oihce X ery truly vours, Cruncas L EASTMAN County Agent CLE EBT PORT ROY AL CHAPTER OF THE F F A Due to the shortage ot gasoline and the fact that most ol the members liye a considerable distance from town fmaking coordinated actiy ity yirtually ll11pOSSll5lL the Port Royal Chapter ot the Future Farmers ot America has limited during school hours This, ot course, has cur tailed much ol thc actiye work which this or ganilation his carried on in preyious years Py holding bimonthly' meetings and discuss nw agricultural problems the attempt is being mide to kcep thc chapter intact until more lcllylly can be instituted Nlr Bcedy Instructor PHYSICAL EDUCATION ONE OF MAN S GREATEST ASSETS During yyar or peace a nations progress is dctermined by its physical htness A properly supervised and carefully planned system of physical training develops keenness of mind and the peak of hghting strength in American youth, whether at home or on the battlefield. Development of a high degree of physical Ht ness should be the aim of eyery school, college youth organization or individual This marks the third year ot Physical Frarn ing at the local high school Due to lack of man poyyer locallv, and because the course is offered only to older boys, the enrollment is not so large as it might be Those who participate fully real17e the necessity of the course and make an effort to cooperate The class meets tour times a week, outdoors or inside depending on the weather Work consists mostly ol use of apparatus, tumbling and calisthenics exercises, with basic fundamen tals ol outdoor and indoor sports included The class has no outstanding indryidual all doing equally well Howeyer, ltnwoocl VVh1te has done an excellent job as class leader The physical education student will hnd the class has helped to build a more sound and solid body yyith greater coordination and endurance As a result the American hghter s condition on the yy hole yy ill surpass that of his foe The old phrase, the surviyal of the fattest, could neyer be better illustrated than during these times and physical education will do much to make Xmerican combatmen tops Coach Aldrich SCHOOL SINGS One sing each month was held last year Again this year students and teachers have yoined in singing the songs they loye vyhich are louncl 1n our All American Song Book These songs are Standard and Popular Standard song layorites Standard songs are old songs that haye stood the test of time Lppcr Schools atvyar Scrapbook lomnuttee ll-Ha Anita Mclhnicls Mary Whitcornb Ilan :FII slfl cntcr llc tp Iiomc Room Buys a tcp c n ncttc liloilgctt Rogcr laxtoncuay Olin Xirpin all 4 tuchtl Schools at VVar llullcun Board I l bil Nlapc and lour larcecoms lower lourrh War liond Cuntcst Winners or Niaint lxcnncth Ilolt and Hcnry Brcton lyotll 47 yyho won editorial and cartoon awards and ut.: ti ns tr in thc lrcasury Departmcnt hn Nlurphy -IJ and Oscar -Kndcr an -15 l'hoto,,,raphers in ' ' . F'-' V J I I . B ' . f 5 Y , I u - . J' A V l 3 I . , .. . ' ' ,, ' . 'Q Q - I ' Y , Q 1 . . V ' ' , Y V . P V - 7 . ' Y if I . 1 ' 1 . YY V' . . 1 A v ' ' T D . . ' ' , A N -1 ' w w - - 7 LL ' Y , 77 g ' Q i Y . . A ' 1 . . . . . N . . t Q A v 'V . . V- A b I' . . . . 5 D - i I r' r ' r l A AA N 91 is ' its activities to those which can be carried on U A , U M . - ' , J Y ' i i , I - 7 . . 'V ,. , n '. . , E ' . . . - V - V g . O . . - VV V . -, . - ' K - ' nc xl Ilya , alll '-IU. In I.. C. .Z .f . l..'y.a, ' , ' ' ., ,. ' ,. jk ,.'V, .. V' , A . -. 'V' - - ' . - 5: xl, pu K, , . .' , . --1 f V 1 -. . f ,, A .Q ' . . . . V . . ' , V- V V . ' '. . .. , . . J . , ' . w I 'U 1 ' H . ' ' .. I, , . . i S ' A lf' . I' ' ' ' . . ' Sl i -1 s ' - ' - v- -- ' A v , , . 1, 1, an K! in f' ,YL ' ' 1v:?7? ' ' 1+ 0 fffQi'1 f H' r gil '21 ,.. . 2 Q f V, 1-1, -1 xx y 'ki ZH THE BANNER and are no longer protected by copyright' t e have become universally popular throughout -Xmerica Pot ular Qtandard songs are modern song lstill cosered by copwrightl that haye also be come unwersallv popular with the people A thc most popular songs of one generation come thc tollc songs of the next, we are no longer satished to sing last centurys songs alone but more and more the liye songs of to dav brought us through the screen and radio, are in the popultr repertoire Many beautiful copyrighted songs are now ay ulable lor the First time in our All American Song Books to name a few Cher the Ram bow from MC Nl picture The Wizard of 7 Nly Reyerie a melody based C laude Debussys Reyerie The Pagan Lose bong lXo Cyreater Lose, theme from Tscbatkowslsy s Piano Concerto No l Vien nese Refrain Merry Widow Waltz Villa and many other selections of similar beautv The purpose of the sings is hrst of all for pleasure VVhat a happy way to start our school day by singing' Other benefits have been de rixed the chairmen haye lessons in leadership solo'sts get practice before an interested public, s hool spirit is deyeloped Each sing has brought forth a different chair man, who has learned to address a school audi ence in a commendable way Student leader ship has been demonstrated by occasional stu dent conducting ot the orchestra selections as well as orchestra chorus numbers This has been done after much practicing at orchestra rehearsals lndixiduil and group student artists hate been featured on each Sing program A few are listcd here The Butterfly Merlcel piano solo played by Priscilla Sturteyant, Dream Bartlett lclarinet soloj played by louie Beaulieu comet solo, Whistling Pete, tlayed by One Wellman r yocal duet Prayer from Hansel and Crretel, by Humper cltnls sung bv l'lune Mann and Dorothy Hall trombonc solo The blciters Walla played by XlllL0ll11 C ummings, and others Pull school participation has been proyed by thc olten rccurring inquiry VVhcn is the next Sinv to uc Song selections hase been chosen somewhat according to season, with request numbers com init from senior class members, and a few from teachers Elizabeth Pomeroy Music Supewzsor THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Beciuse ot the difhculties of transportation and unusually seyere weather the actnities of the Commercial C lub were limited to the school pat er Tell A Tale The Tell A Tale tlso w as limited to hwe numbers because of the paper shortage The staff of the Tell A Tale was Editor in chief X irgmia Woodbury Assistant Editor Anita Tiglienti Social Editor lacqueleen Mitchell Crossip and Humor ladltor, lxathleen Norr s Literary Editor, Anita Tagltenti Sports and Clubs Editor, Linwood VVh1te, E change laditor, Olive Virgin The orhcers of the Commercial Club were as follows President, Iacqueleen Mitchell Vice President Linwood White, Secretary Virginia VVoodbury Treasurer, Anita Taglienti, and News Reporter, lxathleen Norris For the instructors typing and mtmeograph ing haye been done very cheerfully by the C,om mercial Department We all liked to get out of classes once in a whilell The sales of Defense Stamps and Bonds, un der the suy erxision of Mrs Toomey, w as carried on by this depa tment Total Sales january I to Xlxr h l w ere S907 85 lxathleen Norris 45 HOME ECONOMICS CLUB Home Economics girls met in the Home Eco nonncs lsoom for the purpose of organizing a club Xll Home lconomics students were ell gible for membership First, offhcers were ele ted lt was xoted to hold meetings eyery tw o w eelss Refi Machine lathc Vtorls in Manux linnm Nu ut Bulcx -lv fin forcgrounclj Maurrcc Could I bn liotlca -l-l lscnncth Dumais 44 two news ol hloclcl Xircralt madc for Nan in Manu il 'I ram ing., Mix Rush and linwoocl Hhntc -lv at utber cl l r cls Clowcrj Worlsing, Stuclcnts summer -in in retail stores and out of town industries Right 'Xcronauucs Class and models with struct 1 'slr Spraguc VN hitncy .1 group in Aero nauucs XX nr slup babara Suc an Army plane c I w .oicrnmcnt or use at l a group of students that worlsed at I I Co after schil hours and Qaturdays 19 4 , h y s A . V .. V : ' -. s ' . 7 , ' , - .--1 ' . f' . i s A - . A ' be- '1 A . . s ' .' ' , ' ' Q . ' , , , -1 - . - ' 1 V Q ' L 1 -1 - U ' f 1 -1 , . . . ' H .. . ' v ' - s -' . 1 , ' ' . . . , . - . ' . .. ' . H , ' ' 1 2 ' 1 s ' ' X 1 ' ' . . , . , V ss , .Q 4, . - 2 T f 4 A - 'T' ' Y :.. ' ' ' - '- .. .. - ss V CJ . Q i' ' , on 'V ' ' V D V V ' sl V s ct V - ss. u ' , ' ' X- ' 7 . . . . . V - H, as v s V va ' ' VA V I T , Q -Q - , v ' s O cc - ' N T ' ' v ' . . . - ssV it - ssV ' 3 ' Q ' 7 7 . . . . . . cc - - ss Q - - - - V ' V .3 . . .' y I r - a s ' ' - 7 . . , , Y . . V - ,- I U I y 1 T V ' c 1 Q. . ' . . T . - 1 V ' 9 . i ' On September 27, l944, practically all of the i I ' 1 i ' . 1 i ' ' '- L T n Y I - s ' . - is s 7 . ., , ., . - , C C l . . . - . y , ' ' . . K- A .. Q s - ' , - - I - V V cc 1 - ss '. - . . , X , , ' I , , , Lett: L t ' .' ' ' ' cl '1 g, ' 's a . I I V, x V . - - hy . V -V I . cc I VV ' s ss s .. . 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A.. 1 J 'YL 9' ,,f rf' M , , , .1 9 L ..,'f: Qw.wj,V,v? f V 4, Y , ., .A-1 1 v,t,i,,. .i A , f ,N ff N F' 8 1, Sw THE H Through the tall xxe held our regular meet xngs some good programs xxere presented, the lx ggest ex ent bexng a C hr1stn1 lb Plfly We met m the assemblv hall 011 Thursday exenmg be tore X1 atlon and enyoxed games, stunts, and dancmg -Xtterxx ard xxe adyourned to the Home lwononnts Room xxh1th xxas attrattrxely de or1ted xx1th streuners K Chrnstnns tree xx 15 ln the corner Vx e exthanged gttts and had relreshments The club presented Nlrs Beedy lts le1der xxxth an Fxenmg ll! Pans cos ments set Xtter much laughter a11d tun the drshes were xx ashed, the room put 111 order and xxe left for the nlght The next mornmg at recess we sold s1ndxv1thes that had been left oxer from the lartv VkhlLll ap1 eared to malse 1 b1g h1t as there xxas a grand rush at the door as long as the sandxvtches lasted Slnte C hrlstmas the Club has had IIS usual meetrngs and programs We xxlsh to do some Red Q ross sexxmg lt we can get any to do Now the Club IS planntng a style show g1xen rn an assembly on March 30th We are goxng to show old styles and nexx lt t 1 sutcess, we hope to present xt llgillll to 1nv1ted guests Perhaps we wlll before the end ot the xe1r SCHOOL LUNCH K n lanuarv 7 l9-lv a hot lunth program was started tor the benent ot those students who haxe lunches at sthool The method ot prepar mg and tonduttrng th1s program xx as somewhat ehfferent from that ot prex1ous years Hannorah Dx sart and Nlarv XR7l'1lIL0Il1l5 xxere h1red to pre p1re the lunch under the d1rett1on ot Mrs Beedx The g1rls proxtd to be tompetent and btcunt more so as the program progressed Lunthes conslsted oi one hot d1sh and a halt p1nt bottle ol mtlls lerther thotolatt or plarn The lunth tost the student S13 Menus xvere made o11t a11d posted on the bulletn1 board a xx eelt IH tdxance so that students xx ould haxe a thmtt to sngn lor 1nx dlx thnx xx 1shed lunch thxs 1Ll'lHllICLl the toolts to gtl rtadx lor eath d1x The lunches xxere strxtd lrom Ianuary 7nd to 'xlarth 6th the dep1rt1nent xx1ll tonnnue to sell nnlls unt1l the close of sthool HOME ECONOMICS The Home lstononnts Deptrtment th1s Vear h1s h1d 1 xerx l1rge enrollment ln all there A NNFR xxere one hundred and thtrtx tour students en rolled hxe ot xvhom haxe srnte lett sthool l'1ttx11111e students are tn the 1un1or hugh tlasses We haxe trled to adapt thls course to the present xx ar tune needs In the tall all ot the tlasses 5lL1dlt'Ll lood preserxatlon at1d dtd some .lklllll tanntng Vle tanned about s1x uses of lood xxhrth has been a b1g help to the l.1n11ly lor xxhem lhlS worlt xxas done The toods tanned xxere strmg beans shell beans 16115, tom ttoes 1nd some apples L1ttr the 1Ulll0l'S stud1ed th1ld dexelopment xx 1th em1l1as1 bCll1g placed on the actual tare or thxldren so that these students xx 1ll be better able to ITL lor thnldren whose mothers are xxorltmg outsxde the home Thts class also made tnexpensne toys from materrals xxhtth xx ould be 1xa1l.1ble 1n the axerage home All classes have studted foods xx hnth should enable them to buy prepare, and serxe more nutr1t1ous meals The tlothlng classes haxe studred styles, emphasfs has been placed on xx artn1e shortages ot matertals The problems oi altermg gar ments, and the construtnon ot ones own clothes htxe been drscussed xxrth the atm ot en touragtng .mttratuxe but etonomreal garment l11llxlll4' Some ol the tlasses haxe studled hrst a1d and ho111e t 1re ot the suck As a pfatntal result of these tuvrses It IS ho1 ed that manx atttdents 111 1x le prtxented 1nd better care vnxen to those 1eo1 t xx l1o art s1tl-. 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THF BAINNFR THE RADIO CLUB The Radro Club meets durmg ACIIXIIY Period ex ery 'Xionday and XX ednesday Its arms are ill to teach, as far as posstble the funda mentals of radlo theory, and C7 to teach a be grnner knoxx ledge of radro code -X textbook IS used and the folloxxmg pneces of apparatus are studled and experlmented yxlth under laboratory condmons a one tube and a txxotube radio recerxer poxxer packs a crystal controlled osclllator, an ultra hxgh frequency recelx er and an ultra hxgh frequency transcerxer fxxhlch xyere the forerunners of the present xx all-.le talkresj and the loop antenna which rs used by shlps and arrplanes ID drrectron find lngl For code practlce, an audlo oscillator IS fed mto the amplnfaer and loudspeaker end of an old broadcast recelxer and the sxgnal from the speaker IS used by the club m code mstruc non We feel that the club IS of defamte yalue to boys entermg the serxlce Followmg are ex cerpts from letters xxrltten by former students novx rn the serxlce, one of xx hom was, and one yxas not a member of the Radlo Club Dear Nlr Crtflm Bemg mterested ln radlo, I thought you mwht Ilke to knoxv that I also am xery much mterested at present 'Xoxy I can see what an adx antage ll xx ould haxe been for me to take Radlo Club from you I really do lrke thls course XXe had to take a S1IT1pIC code test to get accepted I thought you and the Radlo Club mxght be 1nterested to knoxx yust what the school rs about here Flmore Nrchols SIOUX Falls army Arr Fxeld Dear Xlr Cfr1H1n XX ell Im on my nexx home noxx and I lrke 1 a I t It rs sxxell XXe haxe a sxxell ra ro shack too I nexer thought that xxhen I used to kxd around rn your Radlo Club about belng a naxx radmo operator that xt xxould exer come true I gucss I haxe you to thunk for getting me mterested H1 radxo Do you sttll haxe your R xdlo Qlub I remember hoxx I used to klck about xxantmg more codc than theory Xoxx I xx rsh that I had had about lour years of thcorx It doesnt take much to learn the code but theory takes studx lt lb a good thmg I took that lrttle but of math at the last of the year faxxatlon mathl It helps some as ex er, Erlon CRosej LSS Cendreau, Fleet Post Ofhce San Francrsco FILMS VVe Sand Wed Come B k L F H S students had an opportumty to see an authentrc war hlm showing the vxork of our lNaxy The moxle, VX'e Sard Wed Come Back gaxe an rmpressnxe xrew of equlpment and men IH ac non showmg combat scenes durlng the actxon at Guam Yeoman I-Iowell xvho accompamed Mrs Berry on her trrp here, operated the moxne proyector and talked to students on the methods of enterlng the lNaxy He explalned how boys xvho are skllled ln mechamcal work could ob tam a goocl ratlng and pralsed the fine work of the local school admlmstratlon rn establlsh mg aeronautlcs and radro courses Pedestrlan Safety Two members of he State Pollce presented an excellent film rn the audltorlum Followxng the exh1b1t1on for hrgh school students another showlng was grxen for the grammar school students SCHOOLS AT WAR SCRAPBOOKS About sux of the large Treasury Department Scrapbooks are completed annually at L F H S at present The books contam each year oxer the Instructors concermng speclal phases of xx ork rn the xocatlonal subxects newspaper cllp pmgs snapshot photos of serxlce men IH foreign countrles, and local color photos from those countrles Thls year seyeral Hlms are berng used to plcture local mdustrres and xrllage street scenes one page of such pictures m thls rssue of the BANxER IS presented under the captlon Scenes from Our Town Wlnter, I9-ID IOWA TESTS On lNox I and 7 44 the Ioxxa Tests of Fdu catron ll Dexelopment xxere VIXCII to all students at hugh school The purpose ol thc tcsts vxas to shoxrx the basxc understandlng of cach student III the key subxects and his abxlxtv to Interpret rtther adx mccd reacllng materral III those sub yects Part of the serxlce offered by thus testrng agcncx consxsted of automanc correction of the lest pal ers and the furntshxng of each teacher 32 , . - , V V , . A , . 1 . Q . - , X N . ' ' , My 1 , ' A I. , I , YI ' ' ' ' ' ' ac . .... , - K ' . ', 7 , . y - V ' ' , T , ' 7 9 , x - ,' , C ' N I , . E. .W , . k . . . Q 1 y , . , - . . g . ' V. . I ac - -vs I 1 . Y . ' ' ' ' 7 . I I . 7 ' I v , . r . . , D . , r I . 5 F. o I I . A . . '50 snapshots of school activity, reports made by V , ' .. ' I 'V I I I . 9 - ' , . . ' , . , ' I I - I. ,, A y V' , . . , V. N , . 4. s- Q A A T - - as I c I . , ' 7 ' v v ' --. . Q 1 V , . ' t o. ' . ' ' d 1 , . .5 I . . - - ' ,I -Y, 'I 1 ,, ' I 4 ' f . n 1 ' ' G ' 1 'r L I , D ' ' L ' y - 1 1 A 1 s vt 1 .. ' S I Q - , . K 1 N , 1 -' ' '. . ' ' I BXNN with proh e cards for all hrs class room stu dents The proflle card lndlcated the students standxng tn relatlon to the ayerage student rn hls oyyn grade and the student s ach1eyement m comparlson yy 1th slandafd achteyement It IS felt by the test makers that a teacher IS gnen tn these prohle cards a yery complete plc ture of the mental equlptnent of a student both hrs partlcular strength and weaknesses rn the key subyects bexng clearly manlfested that an ll'1dlXlClLl8llLlDg of mstructlon can be planned on the basls of such a sclentlhc dtagnosls Besldes the Ioyya Tests questnonnalres haye also been ansyyered by lndlyldual students rela tlve to general famlly background readlnv tastes home surroundmgs hobbles aptttudes, et a teachers to encourage latent as yvell as obyxous ablllttes should permlt greater success of the student ID later llfe ln an occupation that has been perhaps more carefully chosen, should en courage good soclal tratts and adaptablllty to envlronment Seyeral books on General Gutdance and Home Room Guldance have been placed hands of each home room teacher is Aptl tude Tests are so largely used by the army and wlth such signal success, tt may be expected that yery soon greater use w1ll be made of such tests tn the publlc schools GUIDANCE THROUGH HOME ROOM PROGRAMS Un September T7 Miss Shoemakers room elected the following persons as tts ofhcers President Sally Cox Vlce pzeszdent Colleen Colson Sccfezmy Marilyn Hardy Tlftlsllltl Ralph Hennessey Wlth the appomtment of Patrlcla Enstedt, Theresa Dube and Iohn Holmes as a program commlttee the group was embarked on 1ts home rcom programs for 1944 1945 'Xt the begtnnxng of the season a Columbus Day program mus1cal meetlngs and seyeral sklts yy ere enyoyed Un one occaston the group held a yomt meetlng vylth Mlss Hunts home room Around the hrst of December, a new manual was recelyed Atds for Group Guldance whxch has smce been used as a source book for program f'l11llCI'l8l Some of the toplcs coyered haye been Hoyy Should I act at School Functlons Rules and Regulattons of Lly ermore ralls Hwh School Sublects Offered tn Llyermore Falls Hlgh School Xctlyttles ID Llyermore Falls Hlgh School Charactens ttcs of an l'f:lect1ye Student XVhat Does XIV Report Card Xlean Effectmye Condltlons for Study I Ffect of Person tl Xp! earance on ool uad S ul I f md Wy Responsl blltty toyyxrd the Proyerty of Others PFOLI rms ot en yylth the cllllng of the meet mg to order by the presxdent Th1s IS folloyyed bv the llble reldlng and the readxng of the mnnutes of the PFCXIOLIS meetmg VVhen the mrnutes haye been approyed any necessary busmess IS taken up after yy hlch the meetmg IS turned oyer to the committee 1n charge of the the progrtm students slng a few songs The meetxngs are closed by the slngxng of the Home Room Song and the mouon for adlournment Room 14 has been fortunate thrs year ln hay mg an excellent program commtttee, and 1D haytng a group of students most of whom haye been yery wllllng to asslst 1n programs The followlng l1st of students haye partlclpated 1n programs up to Vlarch 23 Patrlcla Enstedt Theresa Dube Iohn Holmes Nancy Hoag Col leen Colson Theresa Bergeron, Margaret Cram, Walcolm Cummings, Marllyn Hardy Robert Do1ron Rlchard Mitchell Grace Diamond, Bey erly lott Iaurent LEtal1en Rtchard Cloutler, Ollndo Iucarelh Cllfford Lake Xugustus Hood Dayld Clark George Denms George Barclay and Ruth Flagg Xn tnterestlng round table dlscusslon yyas carried on tn 'Nlrs Beedy s room at one home room program Xwlllliifli Thompson yyas chalr man of a group LOl'lSlSlll'lg of Iames Reynolds -Xrnold Sturtey ant lustln Hartford Frances VK ebstcr and Prlsulla Sturteyant The toplcs under LllSCllSSlOIl yyere The One Sesslon School Day and Good Q ondltxons for Study These IOPILS yyere fully d1scussed both by the members of the round table and bv the class W1ll1am Thompson 47 another home room program carrled on ln Nlrs Beedys home room th1s year yyas con ducted bv a commtttee of tyyo Nltldred Storer and Frances VVebster Mrs Beedy xntroduced the committee as the speakers of the mormng TH i , .'.'ER 33 . .. , - A g . . . , L K , , A ' ' ' ' . ' 1 7 , A 1 ' ' . ' ' 1 ' . ' ' Sch 1 . focl .i 1 .' . ' f . ': . . T 'z . 3 ' Q , l ,A .S I 7 D l ' I 'L ' 'R I r A . Q D I . 4 V . . Y v x I A 4 . . Y '- , D h ' 5' 1 ' Y, n l 1 ' ' c- ' - 'I . 7 C ' . L . , , H a 1 ' C t ' , A ' A' U A ' If '5 felt that the two SUVVCYS Should enable program. lf time is left at the conclusion of . . . 1 F . 1 -V 2 , . Y . . . . x - - Y ' In .... V . . . ' ' ' 1 2 , . . . 9 5 - s ' H y 1 7 1 . A 7 1 9 ' 7 ' 4 v . , , , , r 7 v 3 5 Q q K K 4..., Y ' A ' ' 3 as as as as as 4 . .A X A - s Q . 4 . . ....,... 1 . Q' ' ' . , A ' ' ' A . . . . K l I A ' ' A K , 1 1 . t I , 1 , 1 , 1 . Q. , A . , . t ' c . I . - . . 1 N 2 ' ' ' 1 4 J' Y ,V 9 ' 3 v Y I , y , . - Y- - ,, A' u . . V T .V ,, I . , . ,, . v . 5 y 4 I A H 34 THE lx.-xNNtiR Mildred Storer read Scriptures fMatthew 5:33-423 Frances spoke briefly on Nlanners in the School Room in the Corridors at the XIox1es and on the Streets Other topics were Through the Corridors, Xlanners on the School Grounds Relationships with Other Students in the Assembly Hall and -Xttltude Tow ard Teachers Incidents that had occurred in this school were brought out in each ot the aboxe topics and were discussed by students ot the home room Frances Webster 47 -X home room program in charge of Martin Imeau and Harold Porter was held in Miss Hunts room Friday morning Feb 16 The central thought was VVhat Can I Do m Class room to I-Ielp Me Succeed Scholasticallyz The program was as follows Failure to Tal-ce Part in Classroom Actixities Rita Wardwell Results ot C onserxmg Time Iames Richmond Nialce Good Use ot Reference Books Russell Wagner Learn to Thmlc and Concentrate Orie Wellman The Use of Vlhat You Haxe Learned Theresa Richards The programs for the winter term in Mrs Toomeys room hate tollowed the sublect of Guidance General discussions haxe been held as to the xalue of the different subjects offerect meaning ot a report card effect of most ot the studv hours VVe hate also tried to do our small part in the war efTort by buying War Bonds and Stamps contributing to the U S O collecting L hrtstmas cards to be sent to the wounded men 'tt Togus and gwtng 100 to the Red Cross ln addition to our home room collection the vophomore Class held a social and donated the met proceeds QSWJ to the organization X series ot programs based on the boolc This XX it Please were prepared 1n Miss Halls room during the autumn ot 19-H On Oct 70th the program was prcsented rather dtffercntly lrom usual Une studcnt mtro duced a topic md illustrated the topic through a drimattzltion Discussion tollowed the tallcs in which x tried questions were aslced and sex eril new points were presented The program lollows is How' to Be at Ease with People 'I by Eldora Iacques tassisted in dramatization by Wenola Nadeau Pauline Eichel and Clara Lamb Correct and Incorrect Nlealtime Conxersa tion bv Xlargle Ixeet lassisted by Mtnola Lalce Ixav Blalsdell and Bexerly Field The Correct NX av to Malte an Introduction demonstrated by Bexerly Field Tallc and Popularity was discussed by Audrey Spiller Accepting an Invitation by Telephone dramatized bv Irene Poulm and Anita Beau ieu The Senior C lass ot Miss Maher s home room arranged an assembly program Friday morning February 16th and muted the seniors of Mr VVhitney s home room to attend The committee members were Claire Du mais who acted as chairman and Avis Dolloff and Ixathleen Norris Four contestants who were leanette Blodgett Linwood White Mary Ixmg and Donald Saxage were selected from the audience to participate in a quiz program Patricia brown acted as mistress of ceremonies The program continued with a solo by Ger trude Daxenport accompanied by Kathleen Norris on the piano with the audience yom mg in The program concluded with the singtng of the Star Spangled Banner OW HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH The School Health Program IS that phase ot health serwice which considers the wellbeing ot the school age child and his education for healthful ltxmg It is one ot the units of health worlc which is essential to a well rounded pro gram and may be organized as a specialized serx ice or as it is here in Llxermore Falls as a part ot 1 generalized public health nursing program Without good mcntal physical and emo tional hellth among teachers and pupils the eclucattonll inxestment will bring in limited returns No s nglc indnrdu il is solclx responsible for thc hc ilth progrtm lt is a co operatixe protect in which students parents superintendent teachcrs and nurse each play a part ln hi h school the time is past tor numerous inspections md big immunwation progrims tt , I 5 Y A Y 9 T ,Q v I , . . 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Y: z. rs the trme when students should be assumrng HL BXNX responsrbrlrty for rherr own phvsrcal fitness An annual health examrnatron should haye be come a regular habrt as should a semr annual yrsrt to the dentrst The nurse may assrst rn rnterpretrng the health examrnatron and rn utr lrzrng all communrty resources to make these examrnatrons effectrye Due to the mcreased amount of homework rn hrgh school yrsron conseryatron should not be neglected The screenrng tests carrred on vearlv through prrmary and grammar school are strll yrlurble rn locatrng new drfhcultres checkrng former ones and creatrng a sense of awareness or good eye hygrene A follow up of the tuberculosrs patch testrng program carrred out rn 1943 44 when practr cally all students and teachers partrcrpated was carrred out thrs vear lmmunrzatrons agarnst smallpox and drphtherra were offered and gryen to those requestrng them To assrst the nurse and to rnterpret her work to the crtrzens a health commrttee rs a necessary and yaluable asset Could we look forward to mcreased school seryrce next year through a Student Health C ouncrlp Elarne W Murray Publzc Health Nurse U S O AND RED CROSS DRIVES In the fall of 44 and rn March 45 the com munrty partrcrpated rn the drrye for funds for Unrted Seryrces Organrzatron and the Red Cross The school was one of the groups func tronrng separately rn these collections Mr Loren7o Brown Ir QL F H S 33 and Nlr Arthur Lynch local representatrye of the Red Cross and 1Xrght Superyrsor at the Otrs Mrll spoke yery eloquently to the students rn srecrrl assemblres about the L S O and the Red Cross respectryely Each speaker drscussed rn fine detul the yarred work of each organrlatron The subse qu nt good work of students rn therr home rco n o anr7atrons can be attrrbuted to the rm pressrye srncerrty of both men Mrs X L Iohnson also spoke to the teachers rn the Red Cross Drrye urgrng careful organrza tron throu h the home room unrts -X totrl of S46 79 w rs collected at the hrgh s hool for the L S O 'md for the Red Cross 1511701 was obtarned S570 of thrs sum berng the proceeds from the specral socral of March 16th whrch was sponsored by the Sophomore Class Re Cross Collectron Rooxr Nlr N rs N rss 'y rss X rss 'ylrss Nlrs Xldrrch Beedy a Hunt Xlaher Shoemaker Toomey 'ylr XVhrtney Total K ollcctron 1 -Xxrocxr S889 7 K 1439 17 00 'T S90 31 70 00 Sophomore Socrr Pront from Nlrlkw ecd Pod Collcctron 5 TOUIOURS PRET CLUB 511701 In September 1944 the four yrolrnrsts and two prano accompanrsts of Lryermore Falls Hr h School orchestra met to orgamze a club of strrngs and prano the purpose of whrch was to proyrde a few musical programs for the local B P W Club These voung people chose for the club name Toulom Prez w hrch fits each member rndr yrdually as well as collectryely srnce each mem ber rs a solorst as yyell as an ensemble partrcr pant The next appearance of the Toujours Pret Club wrll be at the local Teachers Club meet rng Aprll 7nd at the prrmary school The Club members are Beyerly Constantrne 43 hlame 'ylann 4! Paulrne Erchel 46 Doro thy Hall 47 Prrscrlla Sturtey ant -lf ack Houghton 41 Some of the selectrons they haye played rn puhlrc are Poem by Frbrck Londondeny In lush Melody Largo from The Xen World .Symphony bv Dyortk 11111 Term by Schmrdt Unzucz In G bv Beethoyen and Hznnorcsque by Dyorrk lender Llrzabeth Pomeroy School Vu IC .Supeuz 01 STYLE SHOW X yery attractrye style show was put on as an assembly program on Nlarch 30th by the Home Economrcs Club under the clrrectron of Nlrs Heedv The purpose of the show w as to rllustrate the changes rn tashrons oyer the years The clothes w ere grouped rccordrng to the occasron for whrch they would be worn -X5 dates of the '1' 5 .f .'.'ER 35 . . Q . d . A .I A . 1 ' . . 4' I . ' '- .fl . Q' 8.9- ' ' . ' ' .1' H ll 6.91 ' ' 1 ' ' ' '- . IA 10.75 ' ' Y .1 . . 4 h I U 1 . J I 7 A-u A ' 1 ' ' 1 . Q' ' ' ' , ' ' ' r . ' Q' .035 7 7 , I T 1 1- Q . Q Q Q 3 Q. Q- Q . QQ Q . Q . Q Q . .Q . Q . , Q.Q H Q ' 'A , ' ' f A ' r ' ' 'f I 1.'0 1 1 I' . -l- . 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Some of the oldest costumes shown were: A nightdress worn in 18T5g a street dress of black silk, over one hundred years old: another street dress of black wool worn about 1880' a x'erx' trail cotton net dress ot 1895 a xelxet cape with a fringe ot tassels worn in 1860 another cape lhand embroidered xxorn in the late 1800s There xxere also xarious blouses and slcirts The oldest blouse xx as oxer sexenty fixe years old Another attractixe blouse made from cloth from the Philippine Islands xxas xxorn in 1901 Some children s clothes xxere shoxxn too A small xx hite cotton coat xvorn in 1860 and a red xx ool coat and straw hat ot 1895 xx ere displayed Many hats were exhibited The oldest ones xxere xxorn in the early 18805 A group of wedding dresses xxon much ap plause The oldest dress of this type a plaid silk dress with a hoop skirt xvas xvorn oxer one hundred vears ago There xxas a xery attrac tixe wedding costume of 1870 This was a dress of reddish rust and had a hoop skirt Sexeral other wedding dresses one worn in 1885 one 1903 and two of 1944 were modeled Wedding reception and going axx ay dresses too xx ere on display The oldest ot these was a xery charming 1899 reception dress ot blue silk with xx hite braid that xx as all hand made Some mens styles as well as xxomens and children s xxere shoxvn We had a man s xxed ding suit ol 1891 and a sport suit xvorn in about 9Of Mrs Beedy OUR ALUMNI Henry Fournier 43 who xxas able to com plete his freshman year and sophomore vear at the L or M before entering the Naxy last fall xx is on the Dean s 1 ist throughout his residence it the umxcrsitx Other 1 F H S graduatcs xxho haxe been on the Dem s List at Nlame are Shirlex Dobosz 43 tilxin thc hxe vcir nursing course Xxis Xl C ilb rt 43 ind Pair ci 1 lLlx'll'L1 43 C icct Nurses 1 cl ean Cilbert 43 miiorinc 1 l'nglish Richird Tirdx 4 and Cecilx Iohnson 43 irc enrolled it Nliine Bexerlx Bailex 44 is a student at Colbx lol lege and -Xmedie Richards lr 44 is studxing, at Bryant and Stratton Business College at Boston. Dr. Philip Chase Pratt '37, who received his NLD. degree from Iohns Hopkins University last summer, is now assistant in Pathology at Iohns Hopkins. Following his graduation from L. F. H. S. Dr. Pratt attended Bowdoin College xxhere he obtained a scholarship for lost graduate worlc at lohns Hopkins Priscilla berry 34 who xxas graduated from Farmington Normal School and who has taught in Nlaine and Massachusetts completed her course ior a B A at Boston Lmxersitv and receixed her degree Iohn Palxulski fex 45 transferred to Ad miral Ballards Academy in l'Xevx London C onn tor pre 1Naxy training Edxx ard lullam 40 has continued his studies at Northeastern Lniversity He has been an actixe member ot the Boston Cixic Symphony Orchestra tor the past two years He has ac cepted a Coxernment position in Panama re cently Louisc Fournier 42 has been a student at the boston School ot Design this year lrene Dtxenport Cex 44 xxho was gradu ated trom I ascll lunior College in Auburndale Miss is a student at the lNexx England Con serx atory ot Nlusic in Boston She was recently pledged 'tt VVellesley College to Alpha Chi Omega .1 National Sorority lean Rhodenizer 42 who is a student at Colby College has not only been on the Deans list but also has been actixe in class and col lege sports Xliss Rhodenizer elected president ot the Colby Vx omens Ath letic Association xx as recently L S TREASURY STAMP AND BOND SALES Due to the irregular fall schedule xxe did not begin our sump sales until Ilnuarx Then a silcsmin xx is lppointed tor etch homc room ind sn e then sales haxe bcen made each Fri dix morning These sales ire checked by the licultx membcr in chargc ol salts 'Nlrs Too mtx ind thc tot il lor exch room is rccorded on thc chirt in the in nn corridor Stamps ind Bonds cin be purchlsccl bx students tor per sons outsidc thc school ind crcdit gixcn to the roam n i ng the sile this uni roxcs the school record Sales tor the hrst ll xxeelxs total Sl lllv 33 , Q 4 Q , u . , . 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Room sales as follows Aldrich Beedy Ha Hunt S789 13 70113 8163 THE BANINIER Shoemaker S130 85 Toomet 161 15 Nlaher 90 00 W hltney Nlrs Celeste Toomey MR CAMFRON BECK SPEAKS AT L F H S Un Aprxl 10 19-lb at 7 30 p m the student body and facultv of L F H S were prlvxleged to hate as a speaker Nlr Cameron Beck former personnel director of the New York Stock Ex change and present personnel dlrector of Na tional Frrew orks C o lnc M Beck tt ts an especlally lnterestmg speaker He has tratelled all oter the Umted States speaklng to the youth of Amerxca As a hobby Mr Beck IS afhhated with the Y M L Mr Beck gate a tery mterestmg and helpful talk on Americas Youth and the Future He began by emphaslzlng the fact that no one employed by htm at the Stock Exchange had recelved less than our years of hugh school traxnlng and that a hrgh school educatlon would be essentral to youths posltlon ln the future He then mentloned tanous traxts that every Amerlcan youth should possess among whlch were thrlft courtesy punctuallty, selfcontrol, wlllnngness to do more than asked to do rella blllty and responslhlllty These traits are nec essarv Mr Beck sand and etery youth IS l1t erally wrxtmg hrs own recommendatlon, whxle ln hugh school ln closing Nlr Beck remmded his audience of the goal that touth should strlte toward that of belng ladles and gentlemen and of the manv problems that youth ttould be called upon to face 1n future years Mr Becks talk was especmlly deltghtful be cause of the many anecdotes wlth tvhlch hrs mam to nts were Illustrated Oscar Anderson 45 FARMINGTON NORMAL SCHOOL SPEAKERS Vtednesdav afternoon Aprll ll, Nlr L C Dav and a team of his students representing Farmlngton State 'Normal School talked to the lunlor and Semor glrls at L F H S to interest them ln the held of teaching and to explaln what Farmington Normal School offers for tralnxng ID thxs held Students w ho go to work lmmedlately after graduating from hlgh school ttlthout any thought of continuing thexr educauon hate the adtantages of obtaxnmg an Income and work experlence Howeter thet hate the dlsadtan tage of possxble unemplotment and of fewer opportunltles for adt ancement than tramed people hate Consequently students who feel that theres secunty ID a yob that requlres educatlonal prepa ration and that soclal adpustment IS easter for an educated person than for an uneducated one reallze that etervone should try for some toc1 non requlrmg an education Teaching one example of such tocatlons IS a respected profession There are numerous opportunities for teachers to serte communxtles because teachers are leaders The Farmxngton State Normal School soon to be called a Teachers College offers a Home Economlcs Course and a General Course for the preparation of teachers The Home Economlcs Course IS the more general study of Home Economxcs practlce ID catering student teachlng at the practlce school at Farmmgton workmg rn the dormltory kitchens stayxng at the practlce house and attending teachlng centers throughout Mame On completlon of thls course the student rs awarded the Bachelor of Sclence Degree The General Course mcludes elther a three year course for elementary teachnng or a four year course for the Bachelor of Sclence Degree Part of this course IS an eighteen week perxod of cadet teachmg and a perlod nn the practxce school where the cadet teaches under a room teacher The entrance requlrements for enrolhng at the school are one must hate a hlgh school diploma he a good student hate a keen destre for educatlon and 1mb1t1on to work Mr Day SllI'I1I113l'lLCLl the dlscusston wlth two lmportant statements Flrst no entrance exam is requlred of a student ttnth an aterage of 83 or more Second the approxlmate cost of the General Course IS S330 a year with many op- portunmes for gxrls themseltes to earn much of thelr monet for expenses lt IS an opportunxty for an educatlon that a gurl ttlth any interest ln teaching shouldnt mtss Beterlv Constantme 43 , 1 37 52.10 1' . 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PAUL RUSH - Army STANLEY RUSSELL - Navy NORMAN SAMPSON - Army STANLEY SEWALL - Marines BERTRAND SIMONEAU - Navy PAUL SIMONEAU - Navy DLANF SAIITH Naw REC IN ALD STANHOPE Army RALPH TERRIO Army ARLINC TOIN TRETHEWEY Armv EUC ENE TURC,OTTE Army ARTHLR WAC INPR Army I ELAND WAI ICER Army RODNPA WARDWELL INavy IAMFS AA II I IAMS Army I INAAOOD WHITE Army Air Corps RAI PH AA I-IITL Army REC IN AI D WHITI' Army DON AI D ANHITTI' MORE Army ERL AND WHITTEMORE Army AVILI ARD WHITTEMORE Army 'C IC1IIed in action CLASS OF 1945 IN SERVICE S It Fred Adams merchant seaman is at sea lames Berry U N is a I1.1II11 lI1 on in I C I serving, with the Amphihi ous Commindos He took part in D Day S 7t AA1Ittr Iilodgett USN is stationed at Sampson N Y PFC Rohert Breton US Army is some vs here in C ermany S H Donild Buhicr USIN is stationed in North C lI'0Ill1.l PFC I'I'I.lI1CI BUIJICI' USIN has seen in battles or Ivso lima and the Philippines Pxt ICo er C astonpuay is in U S Army Air C orps S lk ICol1crt C handler D S N is somewhere the I it I L LNID A 1 r 1 ara l.1 1 1 hu nc 1 x 1 w Il I' ir xx r i,r1 III.: II1 gitur 1iICn.1tI.1rr1 II1 V T Y ' . rv . 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I-,LAAOOD PULLIS - :Al'mA' 1.1-fr: II: .A CZIIIIICSC Market. May. IV-I-I. Sgt. IAIQRQ JY 10141415 - 5 f R.1ipI IALIIIIUII 'SX in rickshgl git ight. C23 I',F.Cf. If 1 ' ' ' 1 1, ' ,. l:t'1x1.1l11' CjllL'IIl'IIC' killed at T' 'waz pliutn ken ', A, 1, , . . . . . V I in lI.1w.1n. HI Sgt. A'iiiI I'rt-scott and sky ' ' ' 1 ' It-.1111 in .AI.1CIC.l: Sgt. PI'L'3C4lll is hack of Ch-d. 1 ' ' . ' ', . . , . . . - I 4 1 1 - - - , Right: 1-U x U11 Sec -s in India: crm- nt eh'- A I ,P I I .' 3 .S . i - . I: IYIYLIIIILININ Ill upper ptture: I-wer scent- slo 's I1 ,Xl J ' IYILIQY - 4. , dt-C nm- 111otI1rr .ind two child en. v A f ' ci,-I. Rich. tl I'fd 'a ds 'SPL l'I1ut41v gpher AA ,,, I'D I'II.I'.A - .' ' - . .. . . NIU A ,X Q, , ' cw, rC1..1.nt- picture: 11.1-.t:. in-mC :Mt-f 41, I H It M I A' It - ' A i' C' S AI CT, nn ciiicit-111 gunner .it Ciu.1t . c' nal. . . .I .S A y' IC vc e wis .l't' ' 'C s.11tI. --L - -L.. El TW: - Y? J' W N- .Pr X. 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S lc Perley Corkum, USN., is stationed in Hawaii Cadet Radioman -Xndre Couillard is going to school at Gallups Island Boston Mass PFC Donald Fllingwood USVIC is an aerial gunner somewhere in the South Pacihc S lc Elmer Fournier is in the lNaxy S lc Philip Fournier is on coastal patrol, France He tool-. part in the im asion of France, a so Pxt Blame Hardy U S Army Air Corps is at Ixeesler Field Mississippi S llc Harry Holt USN is in the South Pacific S llc Robert Hebert USN is stationed in Hawaii Pit Eddie Iacques USNIC is somewhere in the Pacific S 2 c George Merkle U SN is in Newport Rhode Island S l,c Francis Moulton, USN is at sea George Newcomb is a merchant seaman A S Otis Patten U S N IS at Sampson N Y Pst Ernest Poulin USMC IS somewhere in the Pacific P F C Thomas Rose, U S M C IS stationed at Earl IN I after nearly three years in the Southwest Pacific S I c Stanley Russell U S NI is serxing on an LST in the South Pacific Pit Norman Sampson US Army, is some where in France P F C Leland Vllallcer U S Xrmy is stationed at Oahu Hawaii Pit Iames Vlilliams is at Camp Wheeler Georgia Pit Iinwood VVhlte is in the -Mr Corps of L S Army CASUALTIES CK1lIed in ACIIOIID I I C Xrmancl Fmond 47 was lcilled in ac tion in Cermany February 755 -I5 He had been wounded in action 'Not I7 getting three pieccs oi shrapncl in his right arm He re turned to combit Feb I5 P FC Emond had receixed the Purple Heart and the Infantry fOI11lHllIgJd3,C X I F H S hc was promi ncnt in baseball and bislcetblll St Fheoclore Dostie diecl Fcb I0 45 f wounds rc eixed with thc Sucnth arms in France. He attended L. F. H. S. one year. He had served his country four years, all this time being overseas He received the following decorations C ood Conduct Medal American Theatre Ribbon American Defense Ribbon and the Blue Badge Laurier B Gerxais S llc went on his first trip oxerseas in December l943 returning in Ianu ary 1944 On March 18 1944 he was lcilled in action on the high seas His parents hawe re ceived the Hag which was placed on his body at the time of ship-board seruces Seaman Gervais was also posthumously awarded the Purple Heart together with other citations He was I8 years old at the time of his death Killed in action on Tarawa PFC Fernand Ouellette L SNIC was awarded post humously the following honors the Purple Heart copy of Presidential Unit Citation, which was awarded the Second Marine Divx sion Reinforced for seruce in action against the enemv at Gilbert Islands and Tarawa Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon Bar with blue enameled star the Asiatic Pacific Medal for seruce in that area After Combat Reaction Course at Marine Base Camp Elliot San Di ego Calif PFC Ouellette was in a small Leatherneclc Unit group that receued warm praise from the late Frank Ixnox then Secretary of Navy as putting on one of the finest dem onstrations I haxe seen in this w ar The group crawled through barbed wire ducked in and out of trenches while machine guns sprayed lne ammumtions oxer their heads Later Ouellette recened a letter of Commendation by order of Secretary Ixnox and an autographed photograph commemorating the Secretary s visit to the San Diego base PFC Theodore C Nfaillet 38 former base blll headliner was lcllled in action in K ermany ins high school record as a pitcher Later he Y I IIIII YLFI UL l III Y itcr c img w r ab rut t is cttcr cc i n tbcl wJ Sc: Maurice I Fl I' U! 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Y ly I -K , . g gf ' ' ' I ' I ' 1 I 'I -I 7 Y L I, i i ' ' i i i ' . - I.c-f: S Sgt. XVill'. IIc'l ' I l' g stu 'e for . I . I I I .I NI ' wit ' I 1 in Corsica. llc' ' iles ' i hi' . ' . ' , stove in our l- ' s t'u 1 -fi ' fy. . ' x , . Wag c' and gm 1 ul' airmen at I.c-.ming Tover , c I . . I 4. . . . . . ' uf ppl ' ' ' . - 1 R - Rigl : Intliau Q clry. K 'lf if if if Illlultng ' ' , Cpl. If l 'JI' I5 , , I. . , - 0. The gan rents ar- gut on while wc-t, g 'n a ir ' - . , . ' 'U' I I ' ' 'I l'i'v: 'KI '.i1'.'.i' C' 'L' 'LI' ' If ' ' ' - ' ' ' - ,' tinlmsc-tiii in func-. f TL f ',,,.,v ' 'Y ,3- ...if ' 32 f. msg, gg 3 Q ,V v,. A ,675 , .Ty 5 ff ? ,egg ,E 42, 4 A fn ff ,, , wa Q gi., 3 1ff'Ii 'r'-5 5 -16 THE BANNER signed with the Cincinnati Reds and transferred to Erie. Pa., the club with which he was play- ing at the time he entered the service Nov. 25, 1943. Clvfissing in Action, PFC, Dana Edwards 36 has been missing in action in Luxembourg Germany, since Dec 18 1944 He was a member of the band at C,amp Edwards for two years before leasing for the European area of Fighting His graphic letter in another column describes effectwely the life of an tnfantryman during an European autumn campaign First Lieut George Hinds 40 was reported missing in action over Germany on Sept 9 1944 His father later was notified he was a prisoner in Germany Gpl Donald Tenney 43 ts reported missing Ill action since Nfarch 8 1945 He was serving with the 15th -Xir Force as a tail gunner on a B 74, somewhere in Hungary He receiyed his silxer gunners wings at Myers Field Fla go- ing oxerseas in Ianuary 45 Cpl Tenney was 19 years old at the time of the casualty report After the Bxxxian w ent to press Lpl Tenney was reported safe somewhere in Rumama A rote w rttten April 4th which said he was all ri tht has been received by his parents Lt George Hinds was also reported as re 1 ased from German prison camp in May CWounded in ACIIOIIJ l rst Lieut Paul C Heath 38 has been wounded twice once Cthe last time! seriously enough to recene the Purple Heart ln -Xfric he w as hit ox er the eye by the butt of a German rifle ln Germans Cin 1944 he got 1 shrapnel wound in his side Luclcily the shrapnel w is partially defiected by his pistol holste , how exer, Lieut Heath htd rib inlurnes C pl Desmond Fuller a member of the Fifth Dixision of Nlirines w as quite seriously x uncel ii tnc ut o x in c trained as 1 paritrooper and w hen this branch w as disbanded hc continued his training in the 'X irines t Paris lslind 5 C he was coach o thc ridc ringc C pl Fullcr lcft for the 71 cihc then c last summer Hc his sincc bcen returnccl to hospital in G.1llfOI'I1ll J C louis Richards 34 w ts seriousx woundcd 111 ICIIOII in Sicily and w is aw irdcd thc lurple Heart P.F.C. Kenneth Kennedy '42 has been wounded in action, is now either in France or Germany. Cpl. T5 Bruce Kennedy '38, also wounded, is again in active service in the South Pacific. Both Kennedy brothers have received the Pur- ple Heart Capt Rockwood Berry 36 who had seen action in North Africa, blcily, and ltaly was wounded in France on Aug 16 1944 Awarded the Purple Heart, he arrived at Camp Devens for treatment and has been at his home in North Lwermore between periods of hospital treatment Capt Berry has now received his honorable discharge from the U S Army Cspl Iames Emmons 38 was seriously wounded in his right arm during the fighting in Germany, Feb 15 1945 A member of the U 5 lnxasion Forces on D Day, C,pl Emmons was also wounded in France Iune 44 H hit the shore at 9 p m , four hours after the first troops landed T15 Raymond Austin 42 suffered a serious lev intury in France, August 27 44 He has re eixed Purple Heart award He sersed in England sexeral months before going to France After six months overseas in the Euro tem theater of operations he returned for treat ment i the btark General Hospital, Charles t0l1 South C arollna He is now at Lowell Gen eral Hospital Cnmp Desens, Mass The in yury w as serious his leg IS still in a brace PFC, 'Xfaurice Bll0C1C2lll 40 went overseas the last part of August, 1944 He fought ln Holland, and there was made Sergeant taking the place of his buddy who was killed He later fought in Germany with the lst Army under Gen ferry Allen He was wounded Not 75 1944 when his division captured the town He w ts dragged to a German cellar by two of his buddies, where he stayed all day without medic il aid, his only treatment con s s inf 0. sulfi dri gs He was blind for t ree is lcft 1 csta in Balboa Panama Photographer Sgt C I Cirt 71 Anothcr hcsta sccnc in an Cbclnwj C ipt Rohcrt Dow 2 with ta s lllll cit 7-1 'th X 1 Banl 'lybgt Cecil Carc p it trtnnlmnc in front row Cstatmnccl in Ba bun Pinamap Capt Ralph xN.llIL 78 in Pacihc arc.: c n iw in Philippincs bclow Pl C Hart c Rilcx -lv w undcd and awardtd Iimnlc Star dur inc 1' 5 l V 1 1 . 5 - Y N V - T y ' . 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' l.- . , ,, , in G-' any. -Y ' - 1 - ' RigI:-' s,c:.f. ft. :fr-1 ' ' ' ' L. lils x . ' l , , . . . . t 1 . '. . '.' , ' ' . J'- .. l.F.,. - ' '. ' . l' , ',' , y ' ix . . . - th-.C .- -,pl Q- fp 4,11 ' ' 1' c ' f '1. . 'L ' - , - - , . V , u ' ' - ' ' . ' - ' 3 . ' . ' 1 A-1', W wt 'v I x BZ' A' F H 4,'!ln..f-1 'M' '- Q 45 shi! y'l far R r if .I 5-,MJ-,E 'xx : f JS 1 ,, 14 XA 114-4, 4, Q +1 1 x 48 THE BANNER weeks until he reached France, where surgery was performed on one eye. He returned to this country lan. 7, 1945. He is now' in Menlo Park, Calif., undergoing plastic surgery and operations on his eyes. Sgt. Bilodeau has re- ceived the Purple Heart decoration. S'Sgt. Vaughn Sturtevant '40, who went overseas last summer to enter action with the First Division of Gen. Hodges' First Army, has recently been reported wounded in action in Germany He has now been evacuated to a hospital in England SlSgt Sturtevant sus tained a broken thigh bone and an injured right arm He had completed his junior year at the University of Maine when he entered the serv ice in Iune 43 Pvt Fred C,rouse, former agriculture teacher here at high school, who was inducted into service in une 44 has been in Belgium with the Fifth Armored Division He w as reported slightly wounded in Germany P FC, Harold Riley 43 was wounded slightly during fighting in Germany First Lieutenant Henry Duguay 37 was wounded in action in Germany on Sept 21 44 He was hospitalized in England and is now on active dutv again He FCCCIX ed the Purple Heart PFC, Egidio Ventrella 42 who was wounded in the leg during the fighting 1n France has been hospitalized 1n this country during the winter, spending several furloughs at his home here He is an L F H S Purple Heart man also P F C, Richard Hardy 38 slightly inyured Dec 75 44 in action in the European area has been awarded the Purple Heart P F C, Ravmond Rush anti tank gunner with an armored division was wounded by shrapnel during an attatk on a town near the Ruhr River I w as wounded in the right arm, said P FC Rush and had to w alt ln a foxhole I7 hours before I was able to get out then, I walked three miles to an ud station NN alter Plant C NI 3c L S C,oast Guard w is wounded in lune -I3 while on patrol duty in Xtlantn. w tters the ship to which he was issigned w is fired on bv .I German submarine Sexeril of the trew were killed and Plant was iniured C oast Guardsman Plant s family moved to Hmgham Nlass during his freshman star it I Pvt. Norman Stevens '33 was wounded in the right arm in France on Oct. 3, '44. He had previously been in Italy and was flown back to Italy for hospital treatmentg in December '44 he was flown to Miami hospital for treatment and has been home on furlough since theng he is a recipient of Purple Heart honors. Pvt. Arthur YVagner was seriously wounded in action in Germany, March 3, 1945, and is at a hospital in France at the present writing Pvt Wagner suffered lnluries in the left arm and two fractures of the left leg He will probably be transferred to England for further treatment before returning to the U S T5 Edward Botka was slightly wounded in France, March I6 1945 He received the Pur ple Heart while tn a French hospital Sgt Gerard Simoneau 38 has been wounded in action during the year He received the Purple Heart, Feb I2 1945 PFC, Robert Breton ex 45 was slightly wounded in action in Germany April 8 45 Breton IS with the 90th Infantry Division of General Patton s Third Army Sgt VVesley Hodgkins was slightly wounded in Germany on April I2 45 and IS ln a hos- pital tn France PFC Walter Perry, Vllinged Victory I fantryman has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action February ll 45 at Ltngayen C ulf where he landed with the initial assault troops His division began its fourth campaign in the Pacific at Lmgayen C ulf and has been 31 months in the Pacific HONORS C,apt Ioseph Ford Berry 33 has been post humously awarded this past year a Dlstm guished Service Cross, the second highest Army left Sgt Maunu. 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'Ah r J vue S, . ,l -1 R Q Quran' , 1 A-..4.. h 'Q 5, Vg -' , Z , v 'w grgl 6, G 1 . .tp-35 - 1 if 41 'a Q'- '4 , fr? , ., Nh, X In ' Af . . . , A J z 1- ., . F K . F-5 ,,,.., - . W 'ilk' -5 3' f2gQn. ,,, J. 1522 - ., ,P Y-0.. 4 .fs-Q at.. fa. QQ:-'lak,:.a3f :lf ,. ' g ki, V 73 50 ' THE BANNER award. The cross was presented his widow, Mrs. Ieannette Berry. Colonel Stephenson and Major Pope made the presentation. The citation accompanying the award read: 'For extraordinary heroism in action against the enemy on Iuly 11 1943 VVhen the enemy hurled an attack of 30 to 40 tanks against the recently established beachhead Capt Berry, together with sexeral other officers and men, became separated from his organization H then tearlessly lett a concealed position and made his way ox er hundreds of yards of heavily shelled terrain in the path of the approaching tanks to reach an abandoned anti tank gun Capt Berry engaged the enemy armor at al most point blank range and continued to fire exen after the tanks had encircled his position Capt Berry remained at this position en gaging the enemy until he was mortally wounded rlis courage and heroism, resulting in the loss of his life, materially contributed to the exentual deleat of the enemy and were in keeping with highest traditions of the Army Capt Berry was a member of the 15th Infan try, 1st Dixision, and was a xeteran of the North Atrtcan and TUHISIBH campaigns I'he highest Flying honor recewed by an L F H S man was earned by Slbgt Harold C il lert 41 with the Eighth Army Air Force He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, preiiouslv he had recetxed the Air Medal with seseral Oak Ieat Clusters, having participated tn 36 missions ox er Germany as a turret gunner on a bomber During combat he is credited with destroying two German fighter planes, a Folk W ult 190 and a Messerschmitt 109 over France After the loss ot his original crew and plane the was grounded at base due to a cold Sgt Gilbert serxed as a replacement man in xarious positions as gunner He was retained in Eng land as an instructor ot Aerial Gunnery C il bert possessed the unusual experience and ability to instruct in all branches of gunnery on in tcrixl bomber His ox erseas experience was lrom Xusf 31 43 to Iune 6 44 Returned to this countrx he is now an Xxiition Student at San antonio Texas Iilfbl 1 ic-ut Ptul Heath 38 his been pictured sexeral times on thc tront page ol Boston and Portlmcl newspaiers The most widely circu lated picture showed him walking past a dead German in Aachen after his section of the Reich city had been mopped up by American forces. In 1943 Lt. Heath was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action. The citation is as fol- lows For gallantry in action in the vicinity ot Batounellxram, Tunisia, 23 April 1943 -Xlthough subyected to heavy enemy machine gun hre, Sergeant Heath proceeded several times oxer open terrain and rendered aid to the wounded and exacuated them to a place of safety He attended Gorham Normal School alter graduating from L F H S leaving at the end of two years to enlist in 1941 At pres- ent he is actinv as Company Commander somewhere in Germany Lteut Burr Dascombe 33 pilot of a B24 Liberator bomber, has been awarded the Air Medal lor meritorious achievement in aerial Htght at the 15th AAF headquarters Lt Das omle is stationed in Italy He has parttci pated in numerous bombing missions against German held industrial centers of southern and central Europe Recently he was pictured in newspapers as giving the high sign to the ground crews following a mission to the Ger man synthetic rubber plant at Ordertal Cer many He has been on leave at the Isle of Qapri Lt Dascombe attended the University of Maine and entered the Air Corps Oct 42 lvth ARF in Italy lst Lt Charles B Dascombe, 78, of Ln ermore Falls was recentlv awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achiexement in aerial flight as pilot of a B 74 bomber He is stationed in Italy with a xeteran group commanded by Col H Lt Dascombe recened the award for a mls sion on German held rail yards at Brod Yugo slaxia VVhile making the bomb run, on the target, his group was met with accurate bar raves ot Hak Lt Dascombe s plane was hit by manv neir bursts ot flak and No 4 engine re ccned 1 direct hit which knocked 1t out rt ov Iicut Ilicoclorc Cunsttntinc at cxtrcme t and his transport plane in Inc ii lctt Q pl lcwis Harmon with mcclical corps in nc ind lhth Klitor Pool hc drncs trucks .mc tmbulinccs lbclnwj Xrthur Ilcbcrt Cscatctly tan mt mmm kJIIlllllHJjNL is cuclcnt Icrc Right Iirst licut lrcd Iican in Assarn Inc la . 9 ' . 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W fin ' 'Z' i' .+V M....-.. . iw 5 i v l ,awk AQ,- I Q Z 52 THE BANNER Another direct hit by flak on the tail sur- face of his plane ripped the fabric covering from the elevator controls rendering them useless. The citation which accompanied Lt. Das- combe's avvard continued: 'Displaying great professional skill and devotion to duty despite the battered condition of his aircraft, Lt. Das- combe comtleted the bomb run on the vital enemy targct Rallving from the bomb run, Lt Dascombe displaved superior airmanship as he held his aircraft completely under control and pilotcd it bv means of the vertical stabilizers and the pow er of his engines By his calmness and dcvotion to duty despite the almost unflv ablc condition of his plane, Lt Dascombe re turned safely to base without further damage to the plane or miury to the crew A veteran of more than 30 bombing mis sions Lt Dascombe holds the Air Medal award with two Oak Leaf C,lusters in addition to the Distinguished Flying C,ross Shortly alter X F Day Capt Dascombe re centlv promotedl visited friends 1n town while on furlough He is now waiting reassignment Lt VVillard Riley has been promoted to First Lieut during the year He has also been awarded the Air Medal for Meritorious Achievement while participating in aerial flights in the Southwest Pacific from May 23 44, to Nov 1 44 A letter received by his parents from the oHace of the Commander of the Allied Mr Forces in the Southwest Pacific Your son took part in flight missions during was probable and ex Area reads in part sustained operational which hostile contact pected These flights included bombing mis sions against enemv installation, shipping and supply bases, and aided considerably in the re cent successes in this theatre I would like to tell you how genuinely proud I am to have such gratihed l am to know that young Americans with such courage and resourcefulness are fight ing our countrv s battle against the aggressor nations Sgt Paul Lees 43 B11 Flying Fortress waist gunner has receivcd his third Oak leaf C'lus ter to the -Xir 'Nledal for Meritorious Achieve ment on nomber combat missions over enemy laurope Sgt lees is a veteran of more than a score of aerial attacks on vitil strategic and tactical obyectives in Ciermany P.F.C. Harold Riley '43 has been aw'arded the Bronze Star for heroic achievement in Ger- many. During an attack Riley and tvvo com- rades made their vvay forward to a point of vantage on the enemy's Hank. Riley was vvounded in the first rush but he ignored the iniury and shouted to the enemy to surrender. Later three of the Crermans were captured 'lhe idv ance of the 401th then continued P FC Bernard Dumais 43 is somewhere in France He has recently been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement in the C almar C ampaign in Alsace Paul Stevens 41 FC Zc has been home on furlough this year He has been in the South west Pacific l9 months and wears four Bronze Stars on his service ribbons SSgt V! illiam Hebert 30 has been awarded a Bronze Battle Star for his Units participation in the Rome Arno phase of the Italian cam paign The new battle star IS the fourth to be won by Hebert in the Mediterranean area It will be worn on his European African Middle Fast campaign ribbon Each star represents a mayor campaign His group now holds the Air Force record for bombing accuracy The B 75s have averaged better than nine bombs in the target area out of every ten dropped during the past three months of sustained combat operations It Henry Duguay 37 was among five Maine infantrymen of the First Division deco rated with a Bronze Star for heroic achieye lcft l I C Robert I-ogg, Medical Corpsman in voung., Cierman police nog PFC Hyde is with Signal Corps C P0 louis l-ournicr and P up cx hi it chateau in l'rancc Church shows in luck rouno Chicf lournicr writcs about the c .1 tcau in his Banner letter Ccntcr Capt Paul Heath and Cpl Marv Heath ltns picturc vv ls taken in Qcotland in March 4 C p Viltrctl C ugnon in camp at York in sout ern lrntlantl c it U rccl C ammon C M 3 c and his house lc Si ,mon ls tnts Dcccmvcr I' ieu tcnant C lsncl Ravmond lunch rcccntlv promoted in N 1 rr is now in lu7 n This picture was t cn in ncnsta .unc C llcr r Alvinr sta :nu at lhlo Hawaii . - . . w ri l ' , ' 1 2 . . 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'NN 'x ' fx 3 x N 1 w,,..- 'IHE BANNER ment 1n Normandy on DDay lune 6 1944 The VVar Department states that th1s battallon fought all oay, pushed 1ts beachhead lnland and cut a road irom Vrervrlle to C ollev1lle SlSgt Vaughn Sturtevant 40 was awarded a Bronze Star for herorsm rn connectlon wrth a n1ght patrol actlon durmg the wmter of 1944 45 Sgt Sturtev ant recelved two promotrons ln ranlc durmg combat actron VVhen his patrol was taken under a heavy enemy machme Gun and machlne prstol bar rage, Sergeant Sturtevant ordered hrs men to talse cover and then, wrth utter clxsregard for personal safety, advanced through the hostrle Held ol Hre and completed hrs reconnaissance mvsslon Sergeant Sturtevants herorc actrons and unswervrng devotron to duty excmplxfy the hnest tradltrons ot the Servrce L F H S men who have recerved the Com bat Intantryman Badge durmg the year are Sgt Martm Grrtbn w1th the Flfth Army ln Italy Sgt Sherwood Vllhlte 39 for exemplary conduct ID actlon 1n France PFC, Roger Pmeau has been cited by the 361st Infantry Reglment of the 91st Power Rrver D1v1s1on Pvt Norman Stevens 33 lecerved a medal ter shootmg at Lamp Blandmg, he has s1nce re erved a Cyood C,onduct Medal a Cxtatlon the Purple Heart, and has st1ll more decoratrons com1ng to htm h1s mother states slsgr Darrah Pomeroy 28 has earned three stars on bomb1ng ITIISSIOIIS rn Ab18IlCP2Cl1iC areas of hghtlng Stanley Dudley 36 Rad1o Man llc USN has been 1n three campalgns and recerved three commendatrons Two weeks after Pearl Har bor he was sent overseas and has spent the ensu mg trme m the South PHCIHC area Returned to the US -X Dudley has been on a 30 day leave thrs vvmter and 15 to have a years duty ln the States PFL Regrnald Stanhope was ID the Hrst assault wave at the mvaslon of Normandy He has been awarded the PI'CS1C1CIlIS Crtatlon for courage and bravery under enemy hre The B73 Mrtchell bombardment group to whrch PFC Iaurler S1moneau 39 belongs has been crted 'lgarn by the War Department as a Drstmgulshed Un1t this time for the smk mg ot the Itallan Crurser Taranto, 1n La Spezra harbor, Sept 73 The group was prevr ously crted as a Dlstrnguxshed Unxt for out standing close support mrssxons flown 1n Tunrsra and Sxclly IH favor ot the Brrtlsh Erghth and Acmerrcan Frfth Armres Frrst Lreut Donald Whxttcmore was pro moted to that rank 1n Cfermany Overseas smce October 43 hrs d1v1s1on, the 28th was actlve rn the lrberatxon of St Lo, and various other French towns Lt VVh1ttemore has been m Belgrum and Cyermany sme combat ln France PFC, Hervey fessxer 41 has been at home alter 71 months overseas rn the South Pacmc A veteran ot Tulagx, Cyavatu, Tanamboro, Iflorr la, and Cruadalcanal, Brrtrsh Solomon Islands, he was a member ol the tamed Frrst 'Vlarme DIXISIOH recervlng the Presrdentral C,1ta tron anotherl F H S man recelvrng cltatron rn the same d1v1s1on was PFC, Thomls Rose also turloughed after two ycars servlce Xlter servmg Wllh the Merchant Marines three and one halt years, Amos Korhonen 34 was recommended to the U S Marrtxme Serv 1ce Ofhcers School at Fort Trumbull New London, Conn Enslgn Korhonen has now graduated from school and IS Thlrd Mate on a Merchant shrp recently makmg a trlp to Italy hnslgn Norman Tessler 41 has been released trom sea dutv 1n the Atlantic to enter Pharmacy School ln New York PFC Robert Bradford 78 was promoted to Sergeant rn Belgrum Sgt Bradford IS a para trooper Sgt Heman Norrrs was promoted to this ranlc rn Fran e Whrle 1n IJ S A he was lctt lleut Monroe Bcan 30 lrlcc all good cm fc-ns ot Irvermore Falls reads thc Aclvertrser H ls scxtccl rn thc llllflf., room of Mr and Mrs ohn Rmtl lI'l Urbana Ill Sgt Martm Crlfhn who earned C,ombat Infantry man Badge rn Italv Right S t Pblllp Mollxcone 47 rn Havvan be slde 1 slusagc trcc Sgt lvlaurcc Vvagncr ln ccntcr llwtlll c cl ou sule home rn Italv C null Dumaxs -13 outsulc camp rn 1-ngland 54 ' . 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Ber- . , . . , THE BANNER head of a crew and responsrble for outstandrng appearance and condrtron of a tank on drsplay for Indrana educators on Aug 27 44 A com mendatron trom Col T V VVebb Command mg Infantry read rn part The cleanlrness of the xehrcles was especrally noted by both the crxrlran xrsrtors and mrlrtary offrcrals You are hereby commended for your excellent perform ance of duty The followrng clrpprng from the darly news paper of Athol Mass wrll be of rnterest to local readers as Mr and Mrs Matthews were former resrdents of the tow n, as was therr son, Wrllram Matthews, whose name appears on the Mrlrtary Honor Roll rn the park here It reads Mr and Mrs Ernest L Matthews, 93 Mar ble Street haxe recerwed the Purple Heart awarded posthumously to therr son, P F C Wrl lram E Matthews, USMC, who was krlled rn actron on Sept 14 1942 They hawe also recers ed the Presrdentral Unrt Crtatron, awarded hrm as a member of the Frrst Rarders Battalron rn the U S Marrnes Matthews entered servrce rn August, 1941 recerved hrs basrc trarnrng at Parrrs Island and was transferred to overseas dutv rn Aprrl, 1942 Before berng transferred overseas, he attended radro school rn Yrrgrnra SlSgt Strllman L Brewer 28 has been deco rated wrth two Bronze Stars for merrtorrous duty rn operatrons agarnst the enemy rn the European theater of war He has spent 20 of hrs 33 months rn the serwrce overseas He rs wrth the 54th Chemrcal Processrng Company TIC Arthur Muse 33 has been awarded medal for oxer a year of exemplary behavror, effhcrency and fidelrty as a soldrer rn the U S Army Capt Prank Record 34 recerxed thrs promo tron recently and was sent to the North Pacrfrc Area Phrlrp C Pratt, M D 37 graduated from Bowdorn College rn 1941 He recerwed hrs medrcal degree from Iohns Hopkrns Medrcal School Baltrmore, Md, rn August, 1944 H was appornted to the teachrng staff of the Med rcal School as Assrstant rn Pathology and began hrs dutres rn September In Ianuary he was ap pornted to the staff of the Iohns Hopkrns Hos prtal as Assrstant Resrdent rn Pathology, to take effect rn Iuly He rs a Frrst Lreutenant rn the Medrcal Reserwe Corps, U S Army Frrst Lreut Clrfford Trnkham 40 recently receryed hrs promotron He has been awarded the Arr Medal Lt Trnkham rs Frrst Prlot on a B I7 Flyrng Fortress, wrth the 8th Arr Force rn Englrnd He has been bombrng Cermany 111 the crtres we read and hear about Soon 'rfter N P Day he was rn town yrsrtrng frrends xx hrre wartrng reassrgnment Frrst Lreut Theodore Constantrne 38 has been recently promoted to that rank only a few months after recervrng hrs commrssron as Second Lreutenant He rs rn the Indra Chrna Drwrsron of Arr Transport Lt Constantrne entered the army rn December 41 The Indra Chrna Drwrsron has been the marn outsrde source of supplres for Allred troops Hghtrng rn Chrna The ICD flres vrtal war materral over the Hump of the Hrmalaya Mountarns rn grant transports The route rs consrdered the worlds most treacherous because of the dan gerous Hyrng weather and craggy terrarn Second I reut Mrldred Newberg 31 was pro moted on March 1 1944, to Frrst Lreutenant She has charge of 50 crvrlran workers engaged rn H1 ng secret documents Twrce a week Lt Newberg calls her workers together for a lec ture on technrques rn marntarnrng secrecy More recently Lt Newberg was reassrgned to European duty Chaplarn Laurence Burke Z7 was promoted to Captarn rn the Marrne Corps, March lst 1944 Prexrously he had been a Lreutenant rn the Naxy he responded to a call for volunteers rssued by the Marrne Corps and rs now servrng ruth them Fr Burke rs statroned at Mrramar, C alrfornra Capt Robert Dow 27 rs serwrng wrth the Armored Engrneers Battalron rn Germany Mar Raymond Ixrnch rs now on Luzon H has seen actron on Munda Vrlanova, New Creorgra and Guadalcanal He IS rn lrne for another promotron before the end of the year Left Sgt Burlergh Edwards rn New Gurnea wearrng c.rmoufI.rge surt below Sgt Edwards rn Australra wrth antrarrcraft gun Indran vrllage rnsrde compound Iaevs whrte men set foot here L pl Rrchard Edwards Photographer Center Stanley Russell Cex 45j Albert Gagnon rn New Curnca Rrght Robert Hebert ex 453 statroned rn Hawarr Sgt Burlergh Fdwards rn Netherlands East Inches last year Sgt Fdwards was crted for unusual herorsm 56 ' ,, , . . u 1.4, a ' I Cs l . . , , l . . . . . . , ' ' , . - - I as ' - 1 an A w , . . . - - 3- 17 f ' ' ' -1 . . .,, , C ' L -J . , . , 1 ,'r Q .' 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' I L 'n 7 a THE BANNER The TVIZIDC Flyer IS a member of the 100th Bomhardment Group xxhrch xwas cxted by the Presldent tor IIS attacks on Berlln targets and as a unit of the Thlrd -Xxr DIXISIOD shares the Presldenttal c1tat1on tor the England -Xtrlca shuttle bombxng ot the Nlesserschmltt a1rcraft plants at Regensburg Germanx Date 76 Xprxl I9-ID Shaer Freld Press Censor The lolloxxm Y Ib a cttatlon xxhlch P FC Bur lcrgh I Fdxxarcls recelxed tor extrlordmary hcrolsm on lnalx Islmd n Nlty ml une of last year PFC Fdwtrds lb noxx stmonecl 111 the 'Xetherlmcls Fast Indies The cxtatxon xx ts dated March IO 1947 -Iffxth Xntlalrcralt -Xrtlllery Xutomlttc Vlen ons lfattallon, 5em1Mob1le For ex traordlnary heroxsm on Blalc Island, the other batter es arrlxxng on later xxaxes, alter success fully OXC1'LOIHlDg the most serlous and clrs couragxng delays and problems ln the prepart tlon and Cqlllpplllg for combat Prlmary and se ondary mlsslons vxere performed merxtorx ously durlng combat In I7 low alt1tude sur prlse attacks between May 71 and Iune 3 they destroyed I6 probably destroyed I and dam aged 1 of 33 attacltmg Iapanese axrcratt whnch came xxlthm range of the ITHIIJIIOIIS xxeapons thereby ax ertmg serlous losses to personnel, sup plxes and equxpmcnt on the restrlcted and crowded beachheld at Posnele The battallons dxsastrous hre povxer forced the enemy to sc ll tered hlgh altttude bombmg greatly reductng thelr accuracy X hugh degree ot courage xxas dtsplaycd xn I'CPUlSlI'lg numerous enemy ground attaclcs xxhlle rn close support ot front llne ID fantry umts, one battery belng cut off com pletely lor one nlght manned .1 secnon ot the tertmeter tor I suc They on one occasion cessrxe nwhts under Iare and enemy attaclt, serxed their antlalrcratt weapons Thelr performance ot duty has been outstandlng and dxstlnctlxe not only by their exemplary ant1a1rcraIt achlexements but by their consplcuous herolsm as mtantrymen and reflects the highest credlt on the Umted States Army dllflllg the day they By command ot Lleutenant General lxrueger Pxt Xrthur VI agner has been axxarded the Bron7e Star Nledal tor heroxc achlexement m Germanx I-Ie IS a xxlre and telephone field ltneman tn the -401 Fleld -Xrnllerx Group Sgt Harrx Nloulton 79 NI P has been re centlw promoted to that ranlt ln Parts France 5 Sgt Jarrah NI Pomerox ot the Lntted States Mr Corps Dfhth Bombardment Group has neen axx arcled the X1r Xledal tor IDCFIIOYIOUS lchlexemcnt xx hlle ptrtxclpatmg m aer1al Hrghts fhc tolloxxmg IS the announcement made For IULFIIOTIOLIS tchlexement xxhlle partlcl I rung ID tcrul thghts as comlut crcxx members IH successlul comblt INISSIOHS lrom 1 lu lse ln thc Xlxrunx Isltnds lbllllbl thc lpmesc limpxre XII 11115510119 xxere Hoxx n xxlthout Iaghter escort under rapxdly Lhlflglllg and otten tlmes adxerse xxeather condttxons The fllghts xx ere subxected to enemx ant1a1rcratt hre and laghter opposl t1on There xxere constantly present drfhcult nu 1gat1onal problems danger of englne lallure and consequent clltchln-Y manx mlles at sea Under prolonged per1ods ot physxcal and men tal straln, and undaunted by the many ha7ards tlced regularly and contlnuously, each crexx member dlspltyed such courage and sklll ID the tertormmce ot hls duty as to reHect great credlt on hlmselt and the army Mr Forces bSgt Henry Legere, son ot Xlr and 'Nlrs I1 Legere of Ilxermore Falls, noxx xxears the cox eted Presxdentxal Lmt C ltatlon recently txxarded hls orlramzatton, the craclt 36 nd Flghter Group, lcnoxxn as The Nlaulers, tor extreme heroxsm nn actlon 'lgillnsl the enemy Sbgt Lexfere landed on the beaches ot Nor mandy llst Iuly and serxed xxlth hrs P 47 group durmff some ol the heaxlest hghtmg ot the xx ar III the Gaen Sector -X crexx ch1et ID the squad ron, he is noxx statloned at a torxnard base ID the Reich In addmon to the Bronle btar medal recently txxnrded htm tor ITICFIIOYIOUS serxlce he noxx xxears three battle stars tor actlon ln bngland France and Germany L F H S WOMEN IN THE SERVICE WACS Ftrst Lleut Nlnldred Xexxberg 31 IS hndlng her European traxels lnterestmg . . 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THE BANNER Cpl Nlartha Dow 43 is at Camp Miles Standish Xlass in the Transportation Corps S e xisitedl F H S in ril Pit XX ilma Francis 40 has recewed an Hon orablc Dischar e from the W-XCS due to ill health Waves Xlargaret 'Ioncer 34 Yeoman 7c was as signed to C hiet of Natal Operations lNaxy De partment NVash1ngton D C Upon recom mendttion N 7c Toncer was transferred to Headquarters -Xrmy Air Forces The Pentagon Building Washington D C where she is now on duty Rita Richard 40 S lc is stationed at Nor lolk Xa and is married Her work is over hauling the control ol the LP 20 airplane Xehna NN hite 47 and Rita C1agnon 44 re ceixed training at Hunter College N Y Rita then reported to Fleet Record Office in San Francisco California Receixmg S lc rating sh is now studying for Mailman rating Xelma Calso S llc is in Washington, D C in Natal Communications Work N axis White 43 S Zlc is in Florida a tele phone operator at an air base She IS married ht hleanor Bowles 41 M C W R grad from a Machinist Mates school at No Oklahoma and has been sent to El Cart uated man Terro Nurses licut Iosephine Molhcone 39 Army Nurse retired from serx ice alter her marriage as did also Lnsign leannette Dolloff 31 lXaxy Nurse and lieut Preda Pettingill 36 Army lNurse lieut lnrbara C age ot the Air Transport C ommand Ex acuation Transport Squadron stationed in Saipan and has been promoted to First I ieutenant Lieut Xlabel VVh1te 78 -Xrmy lXurse is on a hospitil ship it present Cadet Nurses ln Cadet Nurse Corps are Nluricl Nlitchell 4 it Xlune C1eneral Hospital Portland 'Xlnne Lorraine XX ebster 47 at C Nl C Hos pital lcwiston Mis Cilbert 43 it l'astern Nlnne Ceneril Hospital Bangor lina Nich X C Hospital I cw iston P ttrieia Packtrd 43 at llastern Maine C eneral Hospitil Bangor Xrlene Coombs 44 at C Xl C Hospital and Rita Riordan 44 at St Nltrx s Hospital lewiston ADVENTURES On the Land, On the Sea, and In the Aar Coast C uardsman NValter Plant C M 3c s now serxing aboard an L S T somewhere in the Paclnc Combat waters terrying men and supplies to inxasion potnts and assisting in am phibious operations against Iapanese held lCl'rl tors Besides the incident related in our casu alties column Plant was inxobed in another episode ot high adxenture in this war last year while tailgunner of a ship based Coast C uard plane his plane made .1 forced landing in the -Xtlantic Plant was knocked uncon scious Lpon regaining consciousness he and the bombardier managed to escape from the plane and inflate a hte raft Plant then pulled the pilot from the wreckage and dragged him to the rtlt The trio drifted tor sexen hours in the oten seas Their calls tor help sent oxer a portable radio were heard and the men were picked up and taken to a hospital The pilot d ed three davs later Sbgt Darrah Pomeroy 78 has been 1 crew member ot a B 20 which bombed Tokyo on one ot its tnany missions Sgt Pomeroy has related that once the compression chamber ot his plane was hit with a bullet and it was necessary to use masks on the return trip to base Sgt Pom erov is Radio Engineer on a B 29 Superlortress attached to the 484th Bombing Squadron 505 Bombing C roup located in the Marianas Up ot Tru' Iagan and Iwo ima and Qin the Iapanese homeland, Robe Nagoya as well as Tokyo Cpl Harry Moulton 79 was w1th the hrst Lnited States -Xrmy military police to arrne in lars two days alter the C ermans had pulled out The C ermins in their hurried Hight had et thin s in xery had order and there were couitless tts s lacing this comparatnely small unit of security guards Their quarters in Ptris htd been a battleground only a week be tore There were numerous mines and booby traps in cellars where a company ot Nazi sol diers had been bulleted as a permanent guard lnstillitions committed to care ol military pohcc included the lormer C erman Nasal Radio Station with a complex system ol radio aerials tw which it was supposed the Xdmiralty kept in touch with C erman subs The Nl P s nn , . . . , C . . 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'IPF B-KNNIHR ln about 47 rnstallatrons guarded agamst smpers saboteurs and prow lers on the hunt for loot rn the manv mules of warehouse lndustrlal and market quarters of the city Pxt 'Norman Stexens 33 wrote durlng the year Ill tell you of one trme we pushed the Germans back for about two miles to a certaln hull we had a hard fight and after dark when we were dug 1n and It was raxnlng to make thrngs worse the Germans wanted to find our posxtron Three Germans came walking down the road and sard H1 Bud what are vou do ng Lllgblllg ln Gosh' In xery good Eng lush too' Well that was three Germans that drdnt walk back because the machine gunners were on the lob Rodney Wardwell H A lc w rote descrrbmg D Day as he saw rt 'Ihe day before the rnxa sron we left for the French coast and knew darn well that was t We arrned about noon of DDay and th1ngs were happenlng pretty fast We anchored about a thousand yards off the beach and walted our turn to unload and hrt the beach That afternoon we started gettmg the wounded My first look at a wounded man made me feel pretty funny lnslde but soon we were too busy to thlnk much about lf I ol unteered to lower myself oxer the slde to put the men on stretchers and to handle the gurde hnes as the other fellows pulled the casualtles aboard wlth a block and tackle We all worked and didnt haxe trme to be scared About dark the planes started to come oxer and thats when our gunners went to town VVe got a Kerman plane that Hlghl we were all pretty proud of our shlp then prettv h trd -X letter from PFC Norman Bernard 38 US 'NIC descrlbes the lnxaslon of Guam It was quxte an experlence takrng part ln thrs ln xaslon somethlng hke a glorlhed Fourth of Iuly wrth brgger and better farecrackers pop plng exervwhere I lumped rn so many holes that I felt as though I were a gopher at the end of a few days The outfit made a name for rtself for we certalnly pulled off the unexr ected much to our surprrse and to the surprrse of the enemy too PFC XX alter Perry who has been ln South west Patrhc oxer two years has an rnterestmg story about Iapanese hara karl He was with the nnfantrs at an adxanced New Gumea base mth a party of scouts whrch surprrsed four laps bathrng rn a creek Vfe got three out of the four but Ill be darned rf the fourth one dxdnt hang hrmself to a tree before we could shoot hmm S Sgt VS rlham VIcCarthy 36 who serxed oxerseas wrth the Army A1r Force wrote a thrrlhng letter 'vfay -H about hrs Head Hunt er Squadron It follows ln part Haxe you he 1rd anything about the Head Hunters Squadron there Ill tell you about us We are the leadlng Fighter Squadron of the A A F rn the world belrexe ll or not' We are well oxer 700 lN1ps shot down We re on top and well stay there I hope INow to tell you how the Squadron got rts name There was a httle Flrer by the name of Hunter He was the first to be krlled m actnon and we named the outfat for hmm Ile hke all the others wrll always be wxth us They fly with the boys e ery day ITEM rnoxr NEW YORK HERALD Truntxe PRI7E IS PUT UP FOR FIRST GI TO MEET RUSSIANS Whereupon Two Prnates Round Up a Dozen but 'lhey re the VVrong lxmd By on-ph Dnscoll BV VI lreless to the Herald Trlbune 1945 Enthusustlc about the Russlans hghtnrng drne across Cermany Lieutenant G R Brown of Lrxermore Falls We asslstant operatlons officer of the l0lst Inflntry Regiment of the 76th fYankee DIXISIOH put on the command post bulletln hoard an offer of thlrtv davs furlough 1n the Lnrted States to the farst combat troops of the lfllst who would meet and escort the cro s tountry Russians to headquarters Sexeral days later Brown was trken up on hrs oHer lw Irlxates Iohn Botterhaugh of Lllly Pa and Harold Chrlstopherson of Chicago who brought ID a dozen Russlans and de manded thlrty days at home The Amerlcan S0lLllCI'b had found the Russrms ll YVlltz Lux emburg There 18 no doubt that thu were genutne Russ ms Laptarn Domlnlc Prate of Boston lacked up the prlkates as w lnners It seems the two prrxates got themselxes lost rn Wrltz after a mght patrol Names lnformed them some ' I . . .'.' f 61 1 - . . 1 '. . .' , V ' 1, , A ' , ' ' . . v , . . 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A v ', - ' THF BANNER Nazrs were hrdrng rn the rums of a house Thev xvont obey us, the natrxes sard Thev must be Nazrs The prrxates xxent rnto the rurns after the supposed INazrs, and rounded up a dozen Russrans xx ho had been xx orkrng rn Luxemburg rn Nazr slaxe battalrons and had been aban doned as the German counter offensrxe col lapsed Txxo hours later the -Xmerrcan soldrers found Captarn Prates command post and turned oxer therr Russrms The Russrans xxere sheltered rn the eellar for the nrght and cele brated therr release xxrth songs and quetseh the Luxemburg equrxalent of xodka Those Rus rans had 1 nexx seeret xxerpon Prrte reported VVc put them rn the eellrr for srfe kceprng and no sooner had xxe eraxxled rnto our blankets than they started srnfvrng They sans and sang XVe xxere exhausted You cm sleep through the norse of artrllerx but you couldnt sleep through that damned srng rnf Xnyxxav, Prrxates Iiotterbaugh and Lhrrs therr xxork, and the Yankee Drxrsron rs strll lookrng forxvard to meetrng Russran soldrers, not crxrlran songhrrds ITExr rrxorxt Bosrox I-IERx1.D NIXINE OFFILER S BMXRITOWE SOLO C REZXT PICR 'VIE UP -XT TI-II' FRONT By Cazherrne Coyne VK ITH THE 76TH DIVISION Luxem bourw Feb ll X regrmental command post ean le arrythrn from a tent to a barn shared xxrth odorous eoxxs and prgs but rn XVIlI.7 on the nrght and dw folloxxrng lrberatron of that mountarn toxxn an artrllery rrddled mansron serxcd brrefly as fantastrc headquarters lor the famed lrberatrng Boston regrment lt rs at the command post that the brrms md pap r xx ork of the hghtmg rs done It rs 1 p ee of maps and plans of drseussron and At trmes rt looks lrke somethrng out of xxood xxar moxre and there are trmes lrke somethrng out of thrs xxorld I latter at Wrltz Vx hen xxe checked rn, after jeeprng deersron a Hollx rt ooks xxas the through the rutted snoxxv streets of the desolatron that once xx as a beautrful toxxn, the draxxrng room of the mansron xx as serxrng as orderly room The striI xx rs rn eonferenee rn the larger of txxo drnrng rooms The orderly room xx as a fine plaee, burlt for beautv and comfort that xxar could not erase, although rts parquet floor xxas stamed xxhere rarn and snoxx had frozen and thaxxed The furnrture xx as sumptuous but rn excellent taste, rncludrng 1 rosexxood prano that seemed to cry out for use Curtarns of fine rosy brocade hrd the paper rags and xxood narled oxer glassless xxrndoxx frames 'xlrr Donald Healex of VVestheld seated rn a hrgh breked charr of roxal blue xelour Dre srded at .1 magnrheent errxed table xxrth hrs held telephone, proxrdrng drrect communrca tron to drxrsron headquarters and to regrmental brttrlrons at hrs rrght hand Opposrte hrm, rn 1 ehrrr of exqursrte needlepornt xxhreh he thoughtfullx eoxered proteetrxelx xxrth tn Xrmy blanket It Lloxd R Broxxn of Irxermore Falls 'xle marked an orlcloth map Olrreers rnd soldrers entered and left, brrng mg or takrng reports and orders, xxhrle others xx artrng on a brg sofa of red xelour, played xxrth Luxembourg chrldren xxho had xxandered up The seene xxas both domestrc and martral Broxxn, xx ho has a really good barrtone srngrng xoree eh rllenged ex eryone xx ho entered to play the prano X rncent Sheean, author and corre spondent sat doxxn and, as he softly played Drmk to 'xle Onlx' xxrth Thrne Eyes, the ehatter and busrness of xxar ceased Broxxn left hrs maps to stand hx the prano Frrst hummrng softly then srngrng beautrfully Ofheers lendrng oxer maps rn the drnrng room conference stopped, too, croxx drng mto the doorxxay to see as xxell as hear The chrldren sat quretlx on soldrers knees, therr eyes xxrde xx rth delrvht rn thrs soothrng song, so drfferent after consrstent artrllery barrages of the past hxe xxeeks There xxas no trme for an encore Broxxn returned to hrs map and Sheean xxent forxxard to xrsrt a battalron rn the next srzeable toxxn up th mo rntarn But exeryone seemed to feel bet ter more relaxed though no less determrned, after that rnterlude Ierhaps xou read rn Trme INexxs xxe k of an experrment conducted by the A X F durrng the recent hurrrcane fOct -H Three olheers one of them Frrst Lt Frank Record 38 delrbcratelx undertook to Hy rnto the xxrnd to see xx hat xxould happen 62 I ' en v ' , ' I V Lt I ' YY ' ' V ' V . 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THE BANNER Lt Record IS a meteorologlst w nth the Army VVeather Seruce at Washlngton Carrylng hlm and two other ofhcers, an A 70 Haxoc lrght bomber took off from Bollxng Fleld D C, at 7 30 p m on the day of the b1g blow I-Ieadlng directly east thev slghted the hurr1 cane lust off the coast describing ll as a huge whtrllng flannel made up of dark clouds wrth lts up at the water s surface and the entlre mass extending upward for perhaps -I0 O00 feet -X5 the plane nosed mto the w hlrlmg mass, a strong down draft threatened to plunge them mto the sea but the pllot managed to malntaln an altitude of 3 000 I et The horwontal xeloclty of the wmd w as estlmatcd at more than 100 Il1llL5 per hour and remalned fatrly, con stant as the plane proceeded further mto the xortex Iust before the plane broke through 1nto the center a strong updraft klted them up to 5 000 feet They concluded that they were near the center when thev came out mto sunllght, so they returned to Bolllng Fxeld wlthout mctdent Thus Item about Lt Frank Record 38 ap peared m a recent xssue of the Colby Echo MAINF NIXN FINDS VV XR FAST FURIOUS Hy Right Guldc' 'lhls war was fast and adxenturesome for Robert F Hoyle of Lnermore Falls the First ycteran of XVorld XVar II to become a member of the -Xmencan Ieglon of Mame Boyle enlisted H1 the Umttd States Waxv ID March I9-I' Hts stay at a radlo operators school ID boston was brlef and he was soon w 1th a sulychaser patrol out of ulncv Vlass and held a ratmg of radloman second class By Way Boyle found htmself at Trlmdad as one of a muted naw personnel helpmg the con yoys keep moung up the sea lanes w1th supplles for the Lmted NEIIIOHS I had no xdea how llttle we had to do wlth untll I went down there The Brttxsh navv was furmshmv most of the patrol and escort at that ttme sald Bovle ln a recent mtery 1ew I-Ie went on to descrxbe the motley parade of yessels that would make up the comoys and how Hnally he was put on an ancxent Pana maman tanker w 1th three other Amerlcan and seyen Brxtlsh sallors to furnlsh gun protectton and keep the commercial shnp ned rn wuth con yoy commumcatlon She had been rn trouble all the tame, always laggmg behmd and Fmally she pulled out W w ere alone I guess the com oy was glad to get rid of her It w as Iuly 76 at 9 a m We were off Ham I was ID my bunk ln the forward quarters when lt htt, just one bug chunk amldshlps The englne crew and those on the brrdve nexer had a chance She broke mn two rn the mnddle and IH ID mlnutes she had sunk Radnoman Boyle and one buddy had been able to get off a raft and clung to ll for the next 71 hours IH a shark mfested sea Of a complement of 33 men they were the only surxlxors It was lucky for us the sea was rough young Boxle remrmsced I-Irs prematurely gray halr testlfled to what he went through the hours of death grasp to a tossmg raft, cold, won der and an oyerdose of o1l whtch was floating around the smklng tanker At about ten oclock the next day Boyle and h1s buddy caught slght of a fishing smack manned by a negro crew, but wlth the sea rough the smack was haung too much trouble to tack around to plck them up Thelr attentlon glued on the efforts of the negro hshermen to rescue, the pair was startled to hear .1 sudden megaphoned command to the bhe lc oked as blg as the Flatiron Bulldmg salt hotle Xfterw 1rd the xI11Cl'lL'lIlS learned they could lay thelr ltlfll III fortunes to thc fact the Brltlsh destroyer h td tome to the locality to lm estlgate the nshxnt xessel When the tars saw the men tn the water they thought for a tlme lf was '1 trap some ralder tnck to draw them on They came w nth all guns ready -Xboard the destroyer supplied wrth stlmu lant and comfort the reactlon came, not the complete rest and FCIHYHIIOII one prctures but a let down of the nerxous system that decldes rf, a ter all a man w 111 suruxe a trylng experlence BOWIE was 1ll for months O11 he took mtc h1s system seemed to haye the worst effect Shock and exposure had therr part Taken by the Brxnsh destroyer to a Yenezuelan port, Bovle w as brought back to Trmldad to be later hospltallzed There he remaxned untnl October when he was honorably dnscharged because of physical dnsabnltty exght months of seruce packed . r'.' 63 . . . ,, . . 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' ' 7 64 THE BANNER wrth tast dangerous action and now Bob Boyle IS back at hrs yob rn the paper mrll at Chlsholm back w 1th hrs wrte and the mother he lett w mth best wlshes last sprmg The Boyle l3ITllly has dexeloped qulte a war record as Bobs brother Iames haung been rn the Army rn VVorld War I Qcomlng back a gas nctlm dled a tew years ago and was accorded a mlhtary funeral by C eorge Bunten Post No I0 Amencan Legxon ot Lnemore Falls of whlch he w as a member Now Bob Boyle 1S a member ot Bunten Post welcomed to tts ranks m sp clal exercises last Armlstxce Day Presentatlon ot a years mem bershlp was made by Lt Col Franklrn Bur bank a medal ot honor man trom World War I who IS adyutant of the post Bob told hrs story to the post as thrllllng a tale as any audnence would care to lxsten to I-Ie told nt wrthout brag or dramatrcs rust an account to the hometown folks ot what he dad wrth hrs mme whrle away rn the serwce Robert and lames Boyle are the sons of Mr and Mrs Harry Boyle the father belng de ceased Both were brought up and attended schools at Lnermore Falls All townspeople share the prlde that Mrs Kathrlne Boyle has ID the war record of her two sons L F H S FAMILIES IN SERVICE The Botkas Since the 1944 Banner went to press one more of the Botka boys yolned the seruce makmg a total of s1x and the largest L F H S tamrly ln unlform They are llsted as tollows Leslle Botka 33 MM I c rs now on shore duty Cpl lulran Botka 36 alter haung seen 34 months of serxrce rn S NN Paclhc returned thrs vear from New Cunnea and IS now stauoned tn Texas the was a telephone operator m the Srgnal C,orpsj XVllll8l'Tl Botka 38 S lc IS ln the Pauhc on a transport C,pl -Xndrew Botka 39 rs rn Texas C eorge Henry Botka 41 S l c IS statroned ln Florrda Edward T5 rn Combat Intantry was wounded March 16 1947 ln France Wntmg hls parents of the lmurx T7 Botka sand A plete of shell hlt me rn the leg so I couldnt go on wlth my outht Thus what made me mad The Browns Frrst lt Cloxd Brown 31 has been on the moxe m Cermans wlth the 3rd -Xrmx the last months ot 1944 and during the Fmal cam palgns of 47 Sexeral news xtems about Lreut Brown al pear ln other columns of the Banner Robert Brown 38 IS Lhxet Radloman at the Naxy Base at Bremerton Washmgton PPL VV1ll1am Brown 40 LSMC, IS re ported as showxng marked rmprovement ln health I-Ie returned to the L S A 1n the summer ol 44 after I8 months nn the South west Pacrhc where he was m extended combat As VV1ll1e Hebert 30 has sald The foot sol dler certamly has a rough lxfe Ill always ta e off my hat to hlm Old tnends of PFC Brown wlsh htm the xery best ACRT Byron Brown 47 15 ln the PHCIFIC and has a ranng ot C,h1ef Petty Ofhcer The Ktmballs Elwood 37 E M Zrc IS now rn Rhode Island Sgt Wrctor 31 rs rn Dayton Ohm SlSgt G11 bet 3815111 England Howard 40 C1 NI lc IS ln VVash1ngton Elwood and Howard hare seen much seruce rn the Pacxhc areas of Hghtmg The Korhonens Enslgn -Xmos 34 IS Third Mate Merchant 'VIar1ne shrp Emo 38 A A M 3 c stlll rn s hool ln Tennessee Iohn 43 A M M S l c ts at a base ID Callforma Pxt Fred Kor honen 44 has recently gone from France Germany The Nichols slsgr Valentrne lN1chols IS wrth the 9th Army ln C ermany PFC Ixermrt Nrchols IS 1n France T7 Elon IX1chols 15 rn France sfsgr Teller 'Xrchols IS ln the Lntted States The Sxmoneaus S,Sgt Cerard Srmoneau 38 IS a patlent at the 3 nd C eneral I-Iosprtal CAPO San Fran cxs ol PFC Laurier Sxmoneau 39 15 wrth the 340th Bombmg Croup 489th Squadron statroned rn C orsrca Paul Slmoneau S F 3lc IS on the L SS Pxedmont Bertrand Slmoneau S I' 3 c IS on the L S S Escalanto The Bastons Fdgar S lc rs rn the lNaxv T5 Xernon 41 arrrxed saielv un France durmg the year C pl C eorgt IS strtroncd ln NIISSISSIPPI The Coates Sgt Harold C oates 38 IS slatloned at W ash 7 mgton D C rn Clfhters COl'I'lI11lSS'Il'V Dept TSgt 'Xormm Cortes and E rl 39 are ln Y, . . v . , - 9 . r v, . 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Q , L ' a THE BAVNER Honolulu lboth expect to come home thls sum mer atter start1ng a 4th year 1n serucej The Coombs T U nenneth Coombs 39 has arr1x ed ln France Nl Sgt Francns Coombs 39 IS stat1oned 1n Boston Harbor Xrlene Coombs 44 IS Cadet Nurse at C Xl G Hospltal Lexxlston The Chretlens Frank Chret1en F 7 c IS ln the South Pacxhc serxmg 1n the 'Naxy Sgt Donald Chret1en IS 1n C ermanv Sgt Thomas Chret1en 1S ID France The CIOUIICTS TSgt Stanton Cloutler 36 IS at a Sxgnal Co Depot 1n Italy SSgt Marland Clout1er 38 1S stat1oned 1n kansas PFC Norman Cloutler USMC IS home from PHCIHC Hghnng areas and IS now stat1oned at San Francxsco Calnf The Edwards PFC Dana 36 IS reported m1ss1ng ln Lux emburg Cpl Rxchard 38 IS wxth the 17th Malanal Un1t 1n Ind1a Sgt Burlelgh 40 IS 1n Netherland East Ind1es The Gagnons Cpl Wxlfred Cfagnon 33 15 somewhere 1n Germany Cpl Albert Gagnon IS stat1oned IH New GUIDCH recently he was awarded the Good Conduct Medal Rrta Gagnon 43 S 1 c IS statloned IH San Franclsco Calxfornla The Goulds Robert Could 40 d1ed 1n the Ph1l1pp1nes m a Iapanese pr1son camp S,Sgt Donald Gould 39 saw acnon ln -Xustralla and New Gulnea for 33 months returnnng 1n tall ot 44 on Army rotatlon Raymond Gould lot the 1Naxy 15 out at sea The Iacques PFC W1ll1e Iacques 47 15 a Fhght Engr neer 1n Florrda Lawrence Iacques S 2 c IS 1n the Merchant Marlne Sgt Robert lacques was w1th the Paratroopers IH France durxng the year The Rrordans Flnght Sergeant Ioseph Rlordan 41 RC -X F IS now 1n England a rad1o operator Cpl Iames Rnordan 41 IS traxnmg 1n Texas as an aerlal gunner Cadet Nurse Rlta Rlordan 44 IS traxnlng at St Nlarys Hosp1tal ln Lewnston The Rush Family Sgt Arthur H Rush 31 IS xuth an -Xnt1 Alrcratt Lnlt 1n Belgnum Cpl Raymond Rush IS an ant1 tanlt gunner xuth an armored d1x1s1on 1n Belgxum and Germans PF C R1chard fNlaxJ Rush IS at Camp C ordon Iohnston Fla The Whltes Sgt Sherwood W h1te 39 was one ot the Hrst to be honorably dlscharged under polnt Svstem the was h1ghlx pralsed bs Gen Pattonj Cpl Ralph XVh1te IS a Chlet 'Nlaxl Clerk 1n Washmg ton D C, Xelma V1 hlte 47 S 1,c IS also 1n W ashmgton D C nn 1Nasal Communxcatlons The Whrtes Pxt Leon VVh1te 40 has been m France Bel g1um and C ermany PFC Lester Whxte 43 IS m PHCIHC on one of the Mar1anas Lmwood Whnte few -by MC left Apr1l 6 1945 for tramlng 1n the Army Alr Corps Pvt Reg1nald IS the ourth of the famlly ln seruce The Whntes P F C Shelton Whrte 43 armed safely 1n France but xx as hosp1tal1zed due to an accident Amos 44 S lc IS 1n the South Pac1F1c Mav1s 43 S jlc IS at an a1r base IH Florlda SERVICE NEWS NHSIOD ot Sa1pan and IS stat1oned on an L S T IH the PHCIHC Area PFC Elmore Burke after be1ng located ID Australla a year IS now stat1oned ln New Cfumea He IS a welder and tramed wxth an Amphlblan Group Sgt Wmal Prescott completed 14 months serx ILC nn Alaska thls year The plcture of the Alaskan husky team was lent us by Mrs Sybll Prescott tor use 1n the pxcture sectlon of the Banner Pxt Edmund Henry 41 IS somewhere IH France Henry Fournler 43 was mducted Into the Unlted States Naxy after completrng h1s sopho more year at the Unnerslty of Marne Passlng the 1Nasy s Eddy test he mll recene a years spec1al1zed tralnlng 1n radar Pxt l'ranc1s Fuller 44 has been transferred trom the LFIIXCISIIY of lhl3lI1C to N0fYVlCh Unl xerslty rn Northheld Vermont PFC Herbert Aluno has been stat1oned 1n H110 Hassan s1nce early 1n 1944 Dans Rlchardson S llc enlisted ln Apr1l 44 He tra1ned at Sampson IN Y and at Ocean snde Cahtornla an AmphlblOUS Tra1nmg Base He IS now someu here 1n the PHCIHC SSgt len IS Putnam 31 IS an Arrplane Mechanlc and has been statloned at an Army , ' ' . . . . 1 1' 1 , . .. ,, . . . . ' . . 1 . . 1 I , 7 ' ' , ' , 1 . g 1 . 1 . 1 . . , ' . . M .' 1' ' 9 ' . , . 1 , . .. -, , , , . . , ' . . . . , . . , . ., . 1 , . , . , . . . . 7 , 1 ' U . , . . , - ' . , . , 7 J 'Q . . . 1 , . , . . 7 u x n ' Y n A 1 ' , . 1 , , , . D , 1 7 , . . . - - r . V ' , , . . . 1 , f , ' . .1 . ., . , . . , .V . ' s ' ' ' - 7 L 9 Y 1 - a - - ,I N . . . . 9 ' v -5 9 ' , , .l- Stanley Russell S llc part1c1pated 1n the 1n- . , , ... . . 1 ' A ' ' ' 9 - 1 ' . . 1 ' C . . . ' , . y - -1 . , . ' 7 J, 1 I 1 , . . , . 1 , e ..- 1 . Y' Y , . . . . . . ' , . . . - . e f ' , a ' f - . , . , . ' 3 . 8 , - Y l 3 . ' , I ,I . . 1 u - V., ' A A V ' , 1 . A , . - - , . ' , ' ' ' - a , 1 , . 9 ' 'A ' 'y . . . a S - . .. . . s 4 1 , . . y , . . V. , , , - . , . 1 , . I 1,6 THE BANNER Air Base somewhere in England since Ianuary '43. He married this last year an English girl Miss Iean Davis of London who is in the British Eighth Arms. Sgt Iohn Benedetto 38 is somewhere in France Xnthony Benedetto 47 S le is in the Philippines Iian Scudder 31 has been promoted to Ser geant fechnician He has been stationed in England Laurence Crosson F lc CSAOJ graduated at the head of his class from Optical School in South Boston Wass He then left for Norfolk Y 1 for further schooling in optical work spe cializing in gun sights Sgt Clifford Tenney 40 was reported in March 47 to haxe arrixed safely in C ermany N1lSgt Andrew Iesko r returned during the year from oxerseas duty He was last in Luxembourg and previously had serxed in Ice land and England He has been in the army for 15 years Sgt Heman Norris was in Holland during spring of 44 P 1' C, lohn Coolidge is in U S Army C oast Artillery and stationed in Florida S1Sgt Edson Cox after having serxed oxer seas in the South Pacific and C B I theatres about two years returned to duty in the U S A under the Army s policy of rotating men on oxerseas duty wherexer possible Otho Cressey M lic has been transferred from Norfolk Na to Boston Mass Pxt Francis Bailey has been stationed at Fort Nfyers Florida Cpl Ixenneth Ixennedy 47 is with an engt Fighting since landing at Salerno His unit has done infantry fighting besides building bridges He is with the Seienth -Xrmy in the Sixth Xrmy Croup sector in southern Saar The combat engtneers in this unit hate recewed three Distinguished Seriice C rosses incl twenty three Silxer Stars Pxt VN illard W hittemore took part in DD.1y inxasion biting been in England since Noxem ber 43 Cin Dec 74 44 he 1116! his brother TSgt NVal1ace NN hittemore 41 somcwherc in C erm im Sgt VVhittemore wrote home dat 1 had more in store for me than iust C hrist mas Exe met Vlillard Y e were in i town getting rc idx to mote out w hen someone shouted look whos here 1 got out of e truck. and there stood Willard with an M 1 rifle over his shoulder and wearing a pair of torn pan s. Boy Mom I felt like cryingl We talked about an hour and then mv outfit pulled out and I had to go Sgt VVi11iam NlcC,arthy 36 who has been stationed in New C uinea for the past three tears has reported for duty at Atlantic Csitv PFC Vfilliam Dufour and Pit -Xntonio Collins hate been home after oxer two vears ftctixe serxice in South Pacific Pxt Collins w as with a Caialrv Reconnaissance unit in the Asiatic Pacific area participating in the Guadal canal New C uinea and New Ceorgia cam paigns Mayor Harley Riley is stationed in Holland PFC, C eorge Dow 43 is a member of the 83rd Dnision serxing as a medic to a Cannon C ompany C,p1 Elmo Clough enioyed a furlough with his mother in Winthrop 'vlaine following his return from 78 months oxerseas duty Cpl Blaine Nflurray was also furloughed home during the year after 18 months in the Marshall Islands Sgt Ronald C,orkum 39 is stationed at an air base in Australia He enlisted in the AAF in Sept 47 and was sent oxerseas in May 43 Haney Cordon 33 CPO USNR has arrixed safely in C reenland He has been in the Nasal Reserxes almost twelxe years For the last three and a half vears he was stationed at the LJ S 1Naxa1 Radio Station at Winter Harbor Philip Fournier S lc who took part in D Day Inxasion of France has been transferred from L M C in England to Patrol Coast Craft somewhere in France C eorge Steiens S 7 c who entered serxice in Nlay 44 is now somewhere in the South Pacific on a 43 000 ton boat P FC Le'and XVa11cer is at Oahu Hawaii Sgt William Iufkin 36 is stationed in Ice inc i N one with th 1 Vletther Xgd at Chhu Htwan PFC, Robert C uerin is in New C uinei Pit Lddie Iacques who enlisted in the 'Nia rine Cort s in Nlirch 44 is in Bougainxille Sgt Richard lacques 41 Nlachinists Niite in 'Xlirine Mr Corps hts been furloughed home titer two tears in Pacific He is now in C reen 11e N 3 . 9 L v s , . Q I I V . Y a I I 4 A I -1 I -9 I ' I I ei S v I 1 7 F I. C - l - 1 Y , 1 Y L 7 I I. 7 7 s I o . ' T . . 4 1 - 1 - Q 1 1 - 1 ' a ' r ' ' - ' V Q v V s - v V Q - c., Y , - c , . 1 . 1 - E' . l Y I l Y . - Y . Y. 1. , V . . V . . . . v - - - N s s v - - A ' ' 1 . . . . 1 Y ' A X Q A , I Q . . I. . '. Y .Q v y D D u I 7 U , L , . A . D A 7 , , . . . , , n a I l ci . , 7 I ' ' - ' I ' ' ' I v Y A 1 v y U , I I , . . ., . . . ., A ' ' ' ' 3 . ' ' v r v v I . - V v Y I. . . 77 ' 9 ' . . I o I I . 1 .' . 1 . l ', 7 . 1 , . ' . . Q , , , . . . s I . r.. ' ' I ' ' N ' 1 neer battalion that has seen nearly two years of s A , - . - - - . . . I -' I L I Y V . I v v - -I I 7 . I 'i c ' 1 I ' 1 N ' , . . A I Y 1 . , ' Y . I . . U . . . it , . . . . C - , 7 . ' . I ' ' 7 - 7 ' I 'L 1 ' 1. ,, U , ' 1: 1. I ,, , . , . Sgt. Philin . lollic '42 is e 'th . t ' V Y I I 1 I -1 7' i v 4 I I I I ' i 7 ' I ' . . . v . ' , ' ', . . . 1 , ' ' 1 'I . . ' -I I . . . . . L 7 I . N . , . . . . I 1 I '. ' e ' '. 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SSgt lxenneth Nlllrth 74 has been ln the THE B-XNTNER ln the mlmeographed newspaper of the 146th Seabees lnyader publlshed Iuly 4 44 ln England appeared an ltem of lnterest to us How can vou ask for an order ot ham and eggs lf you dont know they are yambon et ceuts How can you ask the hour lf you can t say quelle heure est ll 7 Chlet LOUIS P Four nler wlll conduct classes ln the language ot that country we may expect next to ylslt Students may slgn up ln the personnel offlce Chlet Petty Otllcer Fournler graduated from L F H S ln class ot 1971 Robert Breton arrlyed ln France earlv thls year haylng lolned the army ln the summer of 944 Howard lxlmball C 'VI lc IS located at Nlanlla as antl alrcraft lnstructor P FC Robert Iacques and P FC, Wll1lC Du tour ot the L S Nlarlnes haye been on turlough IH L S A both haylng seen SCFYICC for 27 months ln the Southwest P3Clf'1C SSgt N aynard French 38 AAFSAT of Orlando Florlda was on furlough wlth hls parents ln Ianuaryf 45 PFC LOUIS Rlchards 34 has been serylng at a supplv and equlpment depot ID North Carollna SSgt VVesley Parker 43 Aerlal Cunner on a B11 was statloned ln England on date ot March 78 1945 He has been on trequent bomblng mlsslons plnes tor seyeral months He IS a tank radlo man Cpl Stanley Wellman 41 IS statloned tralnlng camp ID Tenn is Flylng Englneer on a B 74 he lnstructs aylatlon students PFC Harold Smlth 34 IS on tugboat duty ID France ln thls SCYXILC he wears army unl form a sallor s cap Robert BC'1l1llCLl 43 Radloman 3 IS on 1 mlne layer at Ltl7on C pl Iames C hlclmy 111011 33 IS Ill the X1CC1lLill C orps somewhere 111 France Xrmy SIDLC lllne 47 lnd has tralned 'lt camps Ill Florlda Nllssourl VV'lshlngton loulsmna Xrklnsfls 'md Xlaska He IS noyy ln XVXOITIIUQ, wlth Xrmy Transportltlon Corps Ronald Dyke 36 arrlyed durlng Xlarch 4a at the L S Xayal TFSIDIHL, Cellter at C reat lakes 111 where he yy IS entered as seaman Hrst class R0blC XX agner 31 S 7c has been asslgned to storekeeper s school at Sampson N Y Sgt Nlaurlce Vyfagner 40 IS now serylng Wllh an Armored Fleld Artlllery Battallon wlth the Fltth Xrmv ln Italy Before belng transferred to Italy he seryed ID 'North A1flC8 and Corslca wlth the Coast ekrtlllerv Sgt XVagner has been oyerseas 74 months ID our plcture sectlon we show hlm ln seyeral snapshots taken ln COFSICH and Italy Sgt Cleorge Dlamond IS wlth Army Alr Corps statloned ln South Carollna H IS a crew chlet and does some Hvlng hlmself ln per formance ol dutv Farl Fuller N1 N1 ot the L S N R IS statloned at 1Neyy York after belng on the L SS C aprlcornus Sgt Nlallrlce Fuller 40 bock Fleld Texas as an and Radlo Instructor PFC Henry Hvde 78 ln the South PHCIHC tor seyen months IS statloned at Lub lnstrumental Flvlng IS a member of the 45th Slgnal Co 43th 'Ihunderblrd Dly of the Seyenth Xrmy Cthls IS 6th ekrmy C roup SSgt Raymond Marquls 41 entered the serylce March 8 1947 IS now statloned at Lake land FlO1'lC12l as an alrplane mechanlc Paul Emlle MHIQUIS S 2 c entered the servlce Nlarch 1 1944 He IS asslgned to the USS Cleburne and 15 statloned ln HHYXHII PFC, Clllton Eames 31 IS ln C ermany Donald lNlcho1s 78 RV1 llc has been ln the Nslyv oyer two years and has recentlv been transferred from Maryland to Yorktown V He has Petty Officer ratlng PFC, Dyvlght Small 37 15 statloned at Fort Bllss Texas PFC Fmncls Balley 43 IS at Llncoln Nebraska ID the Xrmv Mr Corps Pyt Theodore Berry 44 IS at a Radlo School ot the Xrmy Xlr C,orps Pyt FFIHCIS Pakulskl 44 IS ln Florlda n -Xrmy Xlr Corps Ph M 3C Vylnston Dyke 1 15 ID Vlfglnla Sterllng lxnowles 34 S lc IS statloned at lntll 111 Head X111 C lpt R 111711 XX flltc 78 h1s been ln 'ln actlon fone ln the 1J1'1lllI,'IPlI1CS preylously he had been ll seyerll lSlll1ClS ot L0l11lJ1l ln the South yy est 1,'lLl11C Sgt Elbert Pratt 33 IS now l.1l70l lIOfV tech I1lLl'lI1 III the l7 lth Cenerfll Hospltll ID the Phlllppllle lsllnds He entered the SCYXICC ln kugust 41 ln the summer of 43 he took the Llborltory Tethnltllns Course at Fort Harrl .. 6., . 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' 'L , l , ' B XXX son l11d1a11a Sgt Pr1tt 11as sent o1erseas ID 19-H spend1ng a month 1n New C1u1nea and Ill XOXClTl176.f arr11ed ln the Phlhppmes T7 CLCI1 Carter 79 IS stat1o11ed 1t 17111a1111 He pl11s the trombone ID the -19111 31 C F Band 11 111611 IS p1ctured on dress p1r1de durmg 1 hesta 1n B1lboa 1n one ot our snapshot pages The l5ll'lC1 tr11cls bv trutlx 11111 t11tert11ns at hosp1t1ls 111d othters tlubs ll pl11s lor p1r1des and lorn11l r1tu1ls ot the 111t11es 1lso Robert BClL11lCU -13 RL 71 h1s seen 1s.t1on at the 11111r'11t1 s1nds tht L Sumter he h1s been 1n B1ttlts oi lute 1nd Lufon C pl 11111311 HlIlC1S IS so111e11 here II1 C1er1111ny Sgt R11h1r1l I7re11f.h 51 IS 111th 1 Bo111ber Sq111dro11 so111t11here 111 lngl 111d Ro1ert Freneh 36 Slx le 18 ll 'Irusure 1S1.1I7lC1 C1111 a11:11t1ng asslgnment 1tter one 1e1r 111 the 11e1f1t C pl Xllred Cox 37 h1s been IIT lrmte 1nd C1er111111v TSgt lames C,rosson lr ser1ed 111th the F1tth -Xrmv ID the northern ltaly c1111pa1gn te1h111t111n lll the MX XC, Sgt CJ11la B11odeau 31 11ho entered the ser1 ICC 111 1943 IS now stat1o11ed 1n Belg1un1 H went o1erse1s ID Sept 44 He IS 111 1d1n1n1s trat11e Llerlt do111g typmg HIS group IS no11 st1v1ng 1v1th a pr11ate ta1111ly Sgt B1lodeau 11 r1tes that he hltes Belg1u111 and enjoys talkmg Fremh 111th 1111l1ans he IS the only one ID h1s group 1ble to steak French 1nd does much ID terpretmg io h1s budthes C pl Bertr1111 Potsson L S NIC IS st1t1oned ID North C arohna Sgt R11111on.1 Sampson I1 Cm ton o Tex1s P11 ll111ore X1thols IS Ill S1ou1 1 1lls Sou1h Dakota FFL Normm Bernard IS 1n C1u1111 P11 Benethtt Ha111es -17 IS 1n the P1t1ht h has been ll C1uad1lt.1111l durmg tht 11 1r Norm111 V1 1de -13 C7 Xl gk 15 111 the Ph1l1p p1nes H rold Soy er 43 -X C IS Ill S111 111101110 Texas sm 7 s C nng X Mass P17 C Robert Fogg 36 entered ser11tt n the -M1111 une? 1041 HIS t1ther Nlr r nest Fogg 11 ntes us Robert h1d 1 th1nte to s1gl11see tn X1ples and 1n Pans He spent a 11eelC 1n london about a 1ear ago 1nd sa11 111 the s1gh s there He 11s1ted 1n London 111th S0116 trnnds ot h1s umle 11 ho used to l11e there 1nd slept 111 1 re1l bed bet11een sheets PPL Fogg s11led tor OXCYSCJS ID Iulv 19-17 1nd tr1111ed 111 Fngl1nd Ireland a11d S1.ot11nd 11nt1l X01 1947 Fogg p'1rt1t1p1ted 111 tc 'North Xlr1t1 1111151011 X01 1947 also 1n the Tu111s11 ln1as1o11 1nd the Cfela a11d Salerno 11I1C.llllgS Ill S1t1l1 111d 1t1l1 In Februan 19-14 h1s outht 11 1s sent 1111.11 to Fngland to prepare lor D D11 111d the IIIXTSIOII ot FFIIILC Smcc 1 IX une 6 194-1 he has 136611 II1 1r11te, Holl111d 15111111111 1nd IS H011 C111 Nlftrthj batlt 111 17l'lI1LC p1rt1t1p1t1ng ID the dr11e across the Rh111L 11110 C1er1111111 Ijllflllg the hrst tour 11111510115 Cuntll 1713113 h1s outht 11 lb t1lled the lngmter Shore Regnnent Mter D Day the 111111e 11 as L1'1lI'lgCC1 to Engmeers Combat Cyroup He 15 111 the Nlecheal Detathment of 111s outht Lns1gnD111dC1r1H1n 43 LQ-XTS IS unlor Tl11rd Uthter Ill X1ar1t1111e Ser11te located 1n S V1 Pauht XX1l1r1d Nlertler 36 IS ID 11141111 11 th Xr1111 1'l1glDLCl'S V1 111111111 1iClll1lCU 15 lfl the South Patlhc hes 1 Sllg Sergeant 111th the -X111ph1b1ous 1 111 111eers IOLIIS Bt111l1eu F 71 11orlCs on 111 e1ectr1c hre1111n I1d11ard heauheu S has tompleted recru1t tr'11111ng He 1s el1g1ble tor further 2lSSlgDlTlCl'1I that 11111 qulhty h1111 lor petty othter rat1ng P FC 511C1lOIl XVh1te rece11ed a sp111e 1111ury and brol en 1ertebra a broken r1ght leg 1n a11 atc1dent 11h1le 1n HLIIOI1 ID C1ermany he 11as Ho11n to 1'ngl1nd to an -M1111 hosp1tal 11here he IS TLLONLFIIIQ, 1111 a 11st from h1ps to hlS netlsb 1ULlCl1 Xlarte1u C XI 17 lS lotated USS 1 ST 67-1 1 0 'X Y lohn Nlurphv -13 Xa11l -X1r Cadet lb the 01111 student ID h1s t11ss 15 ho passed Ill A111t1o11 Course ll lr1n1t1 C,0llege Sgt XOFITIIH lordm 31 IS an 111stru1tor IH R lCllF llettromts and was last heard from 1t Stott F1eld lll1no1s PFC 171111 blodgett 11as IH Frame durmg the Clf1X sprmg ot -H He 11as recentlv 1n 1ured 1n Ill lLClC1Cl1l 1,8 7171111 .1.7.7liR Q 7 1 T 1 I. ll 5 7 7 - x 7 -vi 1 7 7: , 7 7 -7 7 7 7 Q 7 7 7 4 17 4 ll - ,x4. , . 1 4 I I A .1 77, k- 7 7. . . 7. ,I - 1 . 1. . 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HE I5-XXX Franels Nlerkle has completed hrs stud1es at Ialectrleal Tramxng School at 'XITIHFIIIO -Xrmx Xnr Field ln Texts Ile IS rated as an eleetrlcal spetlallst Pxt Durw ood H1lt7 w as reeentlx awarded the Sh xrpshooters Nledal for seorxng on the r1fIe range Rtglnald VVh1te left for C amp Dexens late rn -Xprnl He ms the fourth of th ll ftmnlx now to be lll serx lee Lleut Csg I Ixenneth Sewall 75 IS w 1th Nled real Detaehmen' IH the Paelhe Pxt Xlbert Pettlnglll IS somewhere IH Ger manv Sgt Fred Pettlngull has been three sears 1n the South I7.lClhL area Before bemg returned to the States for replacement he was at Nlamla rn the Phmppmes C,pl C harles C rosby 47 rs ID Germany PFC Iqdmund Crosby -I3 IS rn South PHCIHC. Area Our oldest graduate ln seruce IS Fxrst L1eu tenant Ransome I Garrett 16 Recently he sent us hls seruce re-.ord XVl1lLh follows -Xp polnted Flrst Lleutenant on May I7 1943 Sent to Mlaml Beach for tralmng at OTS Graduated from Course there 1n slx weeks Reported to Maxwell Fneld Alabama, for as slgnment Asslgned to the Prefllght school ln the Department of Anrcraft and Nasal Identl Fneatlon -Xfter serxmg there for slx months, sent to Iaekson Xrmy Mr Base to orgamze and superuse the Department of Identlfacatlon and Gunnery Vlhlle there made a permanent member of the Board of Courts Martial, serx mg there teachlnv and tratmng men of the Netherlands Indies as well as men of the Army Arr Force Thls w as one of hrs most lnterestrng tours of duty He w as then transferred to Stuttgart, -Kr kansas w here he serxed as Instructor of Identr hcatlon and Superxlsor of the Gunnery Range Cln October 11, w as transferred to Spence F1eld Georgia, where he became CJFICHIZIIIOD Clffaeer for the Post and was also m charge of Identlfa catlon He was transferred to Fort Dexens and placed on IITICIIXC seruce Ianuary 7, I9-ID He had the good fortune to Fly ox er all of the southern and southwestern states IU his work whlch took hlm repeatedly to helds w here some of our most secret weapons of w ar were tested It was a ple lsant experrenee he states LETTERS Somew here ln Chma Aprll I0 I9-I-I Xesterdax berng Sunday sexeral of us de cxded to take a llttle rude up xnto the hllls on the other srele oi town to XISII the C hmese Temples and to admire the new from the hull tops The drlxe up reminded me a llttle of the wmd :ng read up to the peak of C adlllae at Bar Har bo I Ilkeness bexng enhanced by t e glimpses we -rot of blue water far below us Ixnes and hrs grow thneklx on the h1lls1de but the oeetsronal clumps ot bamboo and the ab sence of the salt alr aroma dlspelled the Bar Har or atmosphere The hrst temple we usxted IS called appro pnatelx enough The Temple of a Thousand Gods and the lnner sanetum IS truly an awe ms nrm ' Sl7l'1t as you enter the door two huge idols of Hashmg bronze hue, dressed ID the anclent trap- pmgs ot the C,hma ot long ago, smrle benevo- lentlx down at you Along the walls and reachrng elear to the hlgh domed cellmg are the thousand gods Small ldols approxxmately two feet IU herght representing nearly every con cewable delty of Taolsm are there The one w hlch lnterested and amused me more than the others was a thin, under nourlshed figure Its bodv w as ln proportion to 1ts srze, except for the let arm w hrch was nearly 70 feet long, reach mv and seemlng to support, one of the square hewn tlmbers aboxe our heads There were so many curlous figures there that I cant begun to remember them all The cloung smell of mcense hung heaxy oxer It all and added rmmeasurably to the mystic orlen talrsm perx admg the place The shwers chased themselxes up and down mv splne as I stood rn the silence of the place under the scrutmy of those thousand ageless eyes That temple was about half way to the top of the hlll so after we had left we went to the p ak From the top we could see the whole expanse of the lake below, wav below' There were sampans on the surface looklng doll slze rn the clear alr, and the men polmg them along were barelx YISIIJIC from w here we stood Nothmg more of Importance happened on our trxp away from boredom, and we started back to barracks -Xll the way down the moun tam I kept mhallng that beaunful pme scented 'ur ln the hope of gettlng enough rnslde me to 1 ' , Te . 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L 'T .. . 1 , ', . , THE B-XINNIER last untrl the next mornrng I onlv succeeded IU gettmg drzzy the result of breathlng too heaulv rn so hrgh an altrtude une You must be haung wonderful weather there at home now blue skxes a warm breeze and that tingling dCllClOUS early summer smell rn the alr Ixe begun to realrze how lucky Marne people are to hate the blessrng of four seasons ln exerv year placed loxlngly rn thelr a s Untnl a Marne natne spends Fne vears m en trrely drfferent chmate and surroundlngs he cant begun to apprecrate the seasonal xanety he once lwed rn that adds much to the enyoyment of yust berng alue It s a lxttle luke thrnkmg of another world that you once caught a glrmpse of but can not return to Iuly 12 1944 The monsoon has really settled rn now and exery day holds 20 hours of ram to 4 hours of dubrous sunshme Our barracks are sunk rn the mud Hats whlch necessitates a lot of wadrng here and there September 18 Cul and I went rn town to dmner The best food Ive had 1n Chma rs Chrnese chow whrch I try to get at least once a week The menu usually consrsts of nce wrth sauce sweet sour pork and sweet sour fish wegetables hot tea and pastnes All of thrs of course IS eaten wrth chopsticks and lwe become farrly profi clent rn thelr use I can eat as fast and wrth almost as much norse as any Chmese gentle men can I was downtown yesterdav and walked up to the cxrcle the Hower sellers had a beautlful arrav of blooms of every color and descnptron One old woman was gmng a demonstratxon of the Lotus beauty so I stopped to watch The flower rs a glonfied water lrly but rs much more breath taking ID nts beauty Nearly as large as my fist the sexeral large punk petals close upon the stamens to form a bud shaped bloom w hen this bud IS lightly pressed sexeral trmes the petals sprlng apart and open to show the dell cate colors and shadxngs of the mner flow er I couldnt reslst buyrng one 70 C, 'X or l0c September 73 I9-H We re haung wonderfully clear weather now and rt s a toss up as to what we d rather hate ram mud and no bombxngs or sunshme dry ground and Toyos calhng cards Personally I prefer the latter not that I 11 e sbt trenches but I hat and detest Chlna s monsoon February 3 1945 Its happening' Outside my wmdows thrs xery mrnute snowflakes are sprttlng to the ground Nfy first srght of falllng snow 1n fixe long years' We awoke thus mormng to Fmd the ground at least where rt was grassy coxered wlth a frostlng of real honest snow Our barracks and mess hall roofs are ot thatched rrce straw, you know, and the snow clung more heauly there than anywhere else makmg the burldrngs look lrke the gmgerbread castles rn Cmrrmms Falry Tales and you should see the bamboo thrck splder web folrage whmch after the snow has coxered rt takes on the appearance of Frne lace Id much rather see a clump of blue Hrs so decorated nexerthe ess ets Thev haxe a delrcate February 17 1945 lust returned from a short busrness trxp to another held after nearly a three-day absence, whrch explams why I haxent written I Flew to the base but came back by truck whlch surted the varrety loung tellow Ixe had qurte a few fhghts sxnce lxe been un Chma but thrs latest just the old cnrllan Taylor Cub with war palnt and rt affords a much better new than IS secured rn the transports Chrna from the alr IS a geometncal mad house The rxce paddles and terraces m ke whrrlpool patterns when uewed from above, and exery field rs alne wrth the sun up to sun out actnrts of the farmers with thelr water buffalo carts December 1944 The only wounds Ixe recened so far rn the war are a set of bllstered hands acqurred bv drggmg sbt trenches and a sprained ankle from yumpmg mto the same under hurrred compul sron by the Nrps The closest call vet occurred on our way oxer here when our conxoy was twlce attacked by enemy bombers ID some strength There are no foxholes ln a steel deck w hrch makes a bombmg rard at sea a brt more hazardous than on land it the present tlme we are qurte well sup plxed wrth good readmg materral seldom rn bound book form but nn the paper backed Issues prmted bw 1 corporatron established bx the 70 . 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I Y Q l 'V 'I K I 'V THE BANNER 71 Council'on-Books-in-VVartime This is a really Hne orgamzatxon for rt makes available rn con sement form many noxels and antholog1es not otherwlse obtamable In many ways Chma 1: hke the pxcture Pearl Buck has word pamted for us but lxke all authors she had a tendency to glorlfy or to make glamorous that which IS plaln everyday or even sordld But perhaps I soldnermg here, haxe a 1aund1ced new of Chma and tts people as a whole Llllflg here or rather existing here on bad food and nn constant drscomfort none of us ns lncltned to be phllosophlcal about the Lhma question Im afrald the tlme rs commg when the people of the Umted States are golng to suffer a great dlsllluslonment concermng the Unent lt s too bad but ll s also meutable wxth the mllltary and the polxtlcal sltuatlons the way they are here IH Chma TlSGT RALPH BLNTEN 38 December ll 1944 Luxemburg Dear Folks I am once agam lmng IH a house after a turn of hung rn a luxurlous home I shall descrlbe my modern apartment ln the woods My summer home this wlnter was 1n a wooded sectlon of th1s country and my modern apartment consisted of parlor bedroom and smk I shall Frrst describe my bedroom I was a beautiful excaxatlon ln Nlother Earth to a depth of perhaps three feet The walls were artistically draped w 1th burlap and talk awout a modern llghtlng system' My home was leautlfully llghted by lndlrect llghtlng By nn dlrcct I m nn bOI'I1Clll11C5 Yes and sometlmes No The chandeller conslsted of a slender Fm gcr of tallow w 1th a feeble flame on the top end Iqhe CCllll'lg' was of 1 modern dcslgn commonly 'nown as rough hr and when I say rough that s putting rt mildly Nly mattress was espe cially deslgned for the occaslon It was he xery latest grow th of straw packed ln to a depth of e1ght inches Xboxe thfs were placed sexeral wool bllnkcts ln this seasons lashlonable pre domlnatln co or scheme olne drab wlth an clue drab tnm The kltchenette had runnlng w tter runnmg 1110511 of the tlme rlght from the roof all oxer mv blankets consequently I was well saturated each mornxng but nexertheless lued through t all Now comes the parlor The samc descnptlon that hts the bedroom hts the parlor cause tt w 'ts one and the same room I am now' so used to this Army life that when I get home I shall yump out of bed grab a broom and stand guard by the front door When mv turn IS Fnmshed Ill dash back up- stanrs crawl under the bed and sleep peacefully the rest of the nlght I ll tell you now that rt s qunte a trxck to make the ground Ht the curves of my body I wonder how II w1ll be w hen I try a mattress once agarn VVho knows perhaps Ill have to drg a foxhole nn the cellar tn order to get my rest I shall probably be unable to eat such unmentronable thrngs as Frxed Chrcken Steak Roasts, Lobster, etc Ill want dellcacxes such as hard tack crackers hash stew etc I dont thmk Ill be able to dnnk coffee unless ll has some bugs 1n nt or at least some dlrt and pleces of bark float mg around I honestly can t understand the German race at all They must know by now that they can t hope to wrn so why do they contmue to fightP They are only causxng useless deaths and de structlon to thexr own country They are get tlng xt from nearly every dtrectlon now and It gets worse for them each day German pnson ers we haxe taken tell us that they cant fall back If they do they get shot by thexr own men so from that you can judge the klnd of fanatlcs we are up against That IS not true of all the solduers though Some of them are more than readv to qu1t Every once ln a whlle they come along and gne themselves up How I wish theyd all do that You asked me to explam the dlfference be tween foxholes and sllt trenches I was mlsus mg the word foxhole Actually I never slept ln one but slept ln slrt trenches You see a fox hole IS 3' to -I feet long 7 feet w 1de and about 4 to H feet deep The only way to sleep IH one rs slttlng up We use them only to Hght from A sllt trench ns 6 to 1 feet long and It for one man xts a couple of feet wlde and 1 couple feet deep IVe alw ays sleep two men ln a hole, so we dxg them w 1de enough for two and put llllclx roofs oxer them The reason for these thlck roofs rs for protectlon agalnst shrapnel I cl 1ust llke to walk up to the front door, rung the bell and step back When you came to answer It Im sure voud say Sorry we haxe no coffee for tramps today You can t lI'1'l3glI1C the conditlon of my clothes Although they re no longer wet they are terribly dlrty A short whlle ago sexeral of us were sleeplng ln the ' s 7 , . 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Q 'L L Q I 1 I I 'IHI' BXNNER cellar of a barn next to the p1g pens It smelled lxke heck but we turned out the prgs so rt wasn t too bad Un my way back from church the other mght I stopped at a bakery and was lucky enough to buy a cake or at least they call rt a cake Its more l1ke our corn bread vvrth a molasses flavor It s not sweet and has no rcmg You see the sugar IS really scarce over here rn thus section of the world However I solved the problem I took a D Bar that s a small chocolate bar unsweetened made for the -Xrmy Its equal to a whole meal as ll contalns 600 calories I used that and cut II up begged sugar from some fellows added water and borled ll When rt was beaten ll turned out to be exacely lrke fudge frostmg So you see thrngs arent nearly as bad as they seem They say that where there s a wrll there s a way I surely hope so cause I have a very strong w1ll to be home once agam A short whrle ago we were located rn a cellar and the lrghtrng system wasnt any too good VVe had been tn the dark for a couple of days and I got sxck of xt so decrded to do somethmg about rt I took a lar and Hlled rt of the lar wrth paraffin wax scraped from KRat1on boxes Into the mess I mserted a wlck made by brardrng some stnng The mrx ture of grease and wax stays rn a molten state on the top and acts as a fuel o1l It burns falrly well I kept Hllmg the jar wtth the wax from the boxes so rt kept burmng Over the whole structure I hung a broken piece of mlrror to act as a reflector It wasn t too brlght but lots better than before XVe ground up some pork the other afternoon and made II mto pattles tor everyone We had several left over so mtxed up some pancake batter and put the meat mto rt We tound a cow strolling around so now we have mrlk ID our coffee and cereal We also have chocolate puddmg made from Ratron Dbars and some 1am for the calves made lrom trult bars Thns mormng we put soup bones on and let them cook for a while Then we put a rabbxt 1n -X few vegetables were added and just novv vve had a very tasty soup Speakrng of rabbrts the other day l shot vvrlh a rrfle a rabbvt on the run at about 33 or 40 yards Flther I was lucky or I m rmprovrng a llttle I also saw a beautrtul bug whlte tall buck step out mto the open under an apple tree However the apple tree was rn enemy terrrtory so vve dldnt shoot at the buck I-Ie would go 153 or 160 I thmk C uess this IS enough for thrs tlme s Ill brrng th1s to a close C od bless you all Love Dana QP F C Dux Enw utns 36 Corsrca Iuly lf 1944 Its BCIIIDL hotter every day over here and Im getting a good sun tan I was down to the seacoast agarn the other day had some more lobster and went swlmmrng whrle there I have not seen Larry or Maurrce rn over four weeks now Everybody rs busy these days August 21 1944 We ve had a few ra1n storms and it sure doe: :am only a few hours of ram makes lots of mud They ve been keeprng us busy with thxs mvasxon I-Iope they get an axrlield for us be lore long Bemg so close to France Id hate to be unable to see tt August 31 1944 Life rs gettvng dull and dtsgustmg over here Everyone rs gettlng touchy Ill be glad to ar troops Everything IS movmg along fine ln France but I thunk Cyermany 15 a long way from belng beaten Saw A C uy Named Ioe at the movies the other mght C'uess we lxked nt because It showed planes like ours and one Held where we had trained back home Sept 15 1944 Back from a trip to Italy' 'Viet Maurice Wag ner ID Naples He moved from Corsrca and IS statroned rn Italy now I doubt very much 1f we ever go to France lust heard the news that the Americans are on C erman so1l Sept 19 1944 The rams have Hnally set rn I got soakmg wet today We frxed up our tent the other day so we vvlll be O lx VVe put ln a wooden floor ind wood around the sides As soon as we get a stove vve can keep warm and dry Send me a couple cans of Boston Baked Beans and a few cans ot sardmes I havent had beans SIDLC I lttt home and l m gettmg to mrss them Oct 3 1944 I vust got through makmg a stove for our tent and stlll have to make some stove pipe then vve can have some heat Youd be surprxsed 72 ' 2 I - l A I ' , ' Y ' , . , . 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' 5 'I ' ' l , t Q 'h 'n I ' 1 ' D , . y THE BANNER 73 what you can make out of cans barrels and frag boxes Ltte ts pretty dull here now seems as though the war has moved away from us and I wtsh we were wtth the ground troops as we were back tn -Xfrtca and Italy Im getttng pretty stck of thts war tt seems as though tt vvtll never en Oct 6 1944 I guess that Mertt Badge you were readtng about ts the Prestdenttal Cttatton we got for the work we dtd last year tn Italy Qagatnst the Bal kans I tmagtne tt makes good readtng but they can have all thetr rtbbons I only wtsh we could get thts ov er wtth and get back to normal ltvtng agatn In a couple of weeks Im gotng to try to go over to Italy agatn hanv around camp for a few months and you have to go some place or go crazy It s very easy to get a plane rtde over Returntng we have to bum a rtde back Some ttmes we re lucky but I have watted three days before now I ltstened to the World Sertes last ntght Oct 17 1944 I sttll get the Lewtston Sun about twenty coptes come tn all together You can renew tt for another stx months because I belteve I vvtll be over here for qutte a whtle yet Had tce cream twtce thts week from Sar dtnta Pretty good' Its the farst tce cream served us tn oyer twelve months They gave us plenty of tt Oc 31 1944 cold here eventngs YVe Sll close to the stove and read I was surprtsed to look at the moun tatns thts morntng they are covered wtth snow We are getttng new fellows at camp all the tttne but tt doesnt look as tf we d get home for some ttme Ile lucky to get home next summer I would ltke to see the ltttle dog but dont be ltcve he can heat the one we have wtth us He t black w tth w htte feet and w htte nose NVe etll htm Ierrv Nov 78 I9-14 VK e had our Thanksgtvtng dtnner last week X good meal of turkey and hxtngs Theres a ptng pong table tn our club now and I play a good deal eyerv ntght Ive found a nearby town where there are sulphur baths The water comes from under grotnd sprtngs and ts hot all the ttme Thev clatm these baths are good for one s health Be fore the war people from France and Italy came to the baths Im gotng to Italy soon and shall get some souventrs Let me know anythtng you want from oyer here To me all thts stuff ts trash but maybe other people thtnk dtfferently One of the fellows has gone to Egypt I gave htm tvventv dollars to get me a good patr of shoes Vve were supposed to have gone to France but the ground troops moved so fast they dtdn t need us The only places we could go now are back to Italy or to the Balkans helptng the Russtans One ot the fellows tn another tent has a radto, so every Saturday ntght I go over and ltsten to the tootnall games Last Saturday we ltstened to Notre Dame Navy I-Ie felt bad because Notre Dame lost as he played for and gradu ated from Notre Dame I-Ie ts one ntce fellow and Itkes to talk football Dec 18 1944 I got a patr of boots thts week One of the fellows was down to Catro and bought a patr for me they are pretty ntce I also had my watch ftxed w htle he was there I reeetved seyeral packages from home Never saw so much candy as we have tn our tent rtght now I went over to Naples agatn for a few days and had qutte an expertence gotng over We got lost tt was foggy and ratntng and we couldnt see land or ocean for a vvhtle Ftnally tt eletred enough to land out where we were Dont Want any more of that We re getttng our club all decorated up for Chrtstmts a tree ts already set up Well prob ably hue qutte a ttme Dec 31 1944 The other ntght we mtde sotne tea I opened a etn of betns the other fellows had cheese, crackers tam eooktes VVell we had qutte a feed' One of the fellows ts from Boston and he sure w as glad to taste the beans so was I I hayent seen Larry for some ttme he ts all rtght thou h Its pretty cold and the roads are ro tgh now so I probably wont see htm un ttl tt w trms up XVe ye had a good deal of ratn and tn res plenty of mud - - , 9 9 - ' , . , , , - . r v I v , ' Y - . - . , . 1 I ' l . . 1 , , f f Z I I 1' V - - . ' Y I . . I I I v , . , . 1 , ' U . V '. ' ' , y 1 I I Y I I I 9 a . , . V V Y ' , n v - Y . V . ' - h , , , . 1 s A v I I I . 1 -1, ' ' I , v Y. 3 l ' . v I A - , ' I V 'T ' . Y , .. . . , ' Q Y - . . 7 I, S I I Y I n T. , 4 . - lust received your letter of Oct. 17th. It's r ' . v I Y . 1 v I a 1 . . .u . V, . Y v . y , - I . J, Y I I Y x . 1 ' . I - y I I' I Y' . ' - V 1 -t .t . , ,' X I ' n v . . - . I' I Y I 2 I ' , ' .' ' . , - I 3 ' I I tr I r 1 ' I C' I I v 7 v v l 1 Y s' v v I I - I . . ' A - I I IL ' . I' . Y I I I L I Y I I '. ' ': I' ' I . T4 THE BANNER Ian 3 945 We had snow lNew Years Day eyerythmg for mules around was coyered wrth snow a heayy wet snow By afternoon the sun had melted rt away It gets cold here eyemngs I Sll by the fire and wrrte letters or read maga zmes We haye about three months of thrs cold weather and then tt should warm up The way the war rs golng as I look at rt now, I thmk I should get home by next summer or a I understand Burr Dascombe IS now nn Italy I thunk he rs at the hrst Held we stopped at oyer a year ago too far from here for me to look hrm up Im seemg lots of new faces some trmes I thunk I m rn the wrong squadron We haye a dog rn our tent now just a hound puppy' Ian 19 45 I was surprlsed to read my letter ln the 44 Banner Oyerseas Ive met seyeral boys from home erther rn Afrlca Srclly Italy Sardlnla or here rn Corsxca In our conyersatron about folks at home rt neyer falls that we ask rf the teachers we knew rn our school days are strll there At our last arr base 1n Italy Larry Sxmoneau was oyer to see me A few hundred yards from our area was an old burldmg I had seen prctured rn school books I took Larry over and asked where he had seen rt before he, too had seen the buxldmg prctured rn the same school book Its hard to belreye that Hfteen years ago rn school I was reading about Mt Etna m Srcrly Carthage rn Afrrca and Rome 1n Italy now I haye seen these places and eyen had a l'lI'1gS1dC seat during the recent IUFIOUS eruption of Mt X esuyrus a sxght I ll neyer forget It s rmposslble to reahze how the Italran pea ple haye to lxye, unless one rs here to see for himself The CIUCS and towns that haye been bombed are masses of rulns bo manv people haye lost homes and all therr belongmgs Iye yrsrted many Itallan CIIICS lncludlng Naples Salerno P05513 Barr Taranto but Rome was outstandrng yery beautlful yery modern and clean neyer harmed rn any wav by the bombrngs of course Iye seen II from the alr I also yrsrted the famous arena and 52lll'Il Peters Cathedral LOTSICH IS yery much like Nlame hrlly and heayrly wooded The clrmate IS ndeal rn the summer but around the coast tts yery mala nous In the drstante snow clad mountarns make a pretty prcture on a clear day or moonlrt nrght Im really hoprng to see you folks sometrme thus year Cnye my regards to the faculty February 25 1943 The days are a lot longer now Xt 9 p m IIS strll daylrght It s also a good deal warmer some of the fellows are already playmg baseball We haye 1 muslc box tn our club now and xt s playing from mornmg tnll late 1n the eyen mg It s automatrc and we don t hate to put rn any mckels just press the button We haye a yolley ball court I play almost ey ery day to get a llttle exercrse February If 1945 Xnother fellow yust mot ed rnto our tent H has a canary brrd not much of a srnger, though A httle French boy about nrne or ten years old comes out to the plane eyery day where we work Hes always playing wrth a blcycle we haye Today he rode ll all alone for the flrst time I-Ie s pretty happv now and showrng ey erybody how he can rrde a blcycle We haye lots of fun wrth hrm I haye yust returned from Italy I was oyer to Rome and Naples for a few days We trayel by atr rn some of our bombers nt certa1nly rs a fast way of gettmg around VK e celebrated our two years of combat opera txon here the other day Had a sort of parade and had to be all dressed up I hope we don t haye any more celebratxon I hate to dress up Donald Maclxenzre must be lnterestlng We had one tn our tent for a whlle and I could listen to hrm all mght I belxeye our corre spondent rs ln France somewhere today -Xfrrca was not the country that I had DIC tured rt would he Plenty of mountams wlth snow caps and yery cold durrng the nights In the daytlme as soon as the sun was up rt reallv was hot at tlmes too hot to do any work Id often seen -Xrabs ln moyres back home They apr ared to be neat rn thelr white robes but they are really yust the opposlte Durmg my stay ln Alrrta I met a few boys from Lhxsholm that I know I belxeye you knew Paul Heath Paul yust dropped rn at our .ur bxse to see a few planes and ll w as luck that we met He stayed wrth me for three days then mcyed out I understand he rs rn France today Fellows llke Paul the foot soldier cer tarnlv haye a rough lrfe Its hard to bellexe . , I V r ' . . ' ' , . v V v v, I ' Y , I If I 1 F' I I 1 ' - ' Q V ' ' ' I '. 4 . . ' V ' ' ' ' V ' ' V . . 1 . , v I ll , , , , . - f ll ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' . , . ' ' V V I V V . 9 . V . Y - n - . , - , . . , . . , ' . 1 ' ' . e . , I9 . ' ' . . , V V , , . . . . ' ' . ' 7 ! 9 3 Y ' I v I . v v I 1 I y I , V 1 V V Z I . . v Y D a . ' . 7 , 3 , . Q , . 7 . ' Y I I , . . , Yes, I can imagine a war correspondent like V Q V 7 I I . A - Y ' 7 V' - ' ' V ' , . ' ' , . V ' 1. 1 7 U V , . , , A I 4 7 a is - 1 YI 9 1 Q ' T3 ' I ' I , V V ' y T V V y V V ' ' . .. ' I ' ' 7 V ' ' '- ' V V 8 . - ' ' V .. ' V . , . . . . . . V A - V V u , 'V V V , s I ' t I'. ' ' , , ' THE BANNER 75 what they have to go through. I'll always take off my hat to them. I'm fortunate in being in the Air Corps. Larry Slmoneau was always close by in Africa but we neser met until we mosed into Italy and we hase seen each other seseral times since He also is stationed here on this island of Corsica At one time Maurice Wagner was also here and came oxer to see me I understand he is up on the Italian front now One day last summer in Naples, I met Henry Hyde in front of the Red Cross building I was the hrst fellow Henry has seen from home and he asked me more questions than Ill eyer be able to answer Henry had been in the in yasion of Sicily Salerno, and the Anzlo Beach head PX few days after I met him he made the one in Southern France SlSc'r YV HEBERT 30 C orsica Dear Xflss Hunt Hes, Ixe been seyeral times to Agaccio he birthplace of Napoleon They hase a rather large statue ol Napoleon on the outskirts of town The natnes here in Corsica speak French and mv being able to speak French is of great help it also came in handy during the campaign in -Xtrica The French I speak back home is a little differcnt from the French used here The one year of French I had in one of your classes is now being of great help The natnes of Cor sica speak three different languages They speak French Italian and then they haxe their own Corsican llnguage which is a mixture of French and Italian Corsica is xcrx hilly and there are numerous high mountuns which are cosered with snow at present 'Ihere are plenty of trees md lots ot underbrush resembling a iungle In the low lands its scry sw ampy a good breeding place tor mosquitoes and I understand Corsica ut s sccond ot ill the malaria countncs How cxer excry prccaution is taken against our catching milirir Special planes irc sent out daily to dust these swamps we also haxe to talse atebr1ne tablets daily and sleep under a netting Ixe been practically all oxer this island Last summer I used to go to the Seashore to buy lobsters. I had to go along on the trips because I was about the only one in our squadron that could speak French. Fishermen always invited us to eat with them Their cooking utensils are rather limited all they haxe is a cast iron pot that holds about three gallons Exerything they cook goes into this pot lobster, fish pota toes, and w hatexer else rather simple There are numerous fresh water streams and some ot the fellows haye caught some nice trout People in Corsica are poor, hasing been at war for fise years has not helped them any In one way they are lucky that their towns hase not been demolished like those in Africa, Sicily Italy and some of the Balkan countries Im hoping it will not be too long now be fore I can see you folks again Sincerely, SlSGT WILLIE HEBERT 30 February I2 1943 Karachi India Vvent to an Indian festiyal yesterday after noon Three of us yislted an exhibition by a yogi It was sery good The yogi is supposed to liye the perfect life according to Indian standards! which theoretically gnes him com plete mastery of his m1nd and body The per former did numerous tricks with a bow and arrow Xttendants blindfolded him and walked him about till he should haye lost all sense of direction he would then proceed to shoot at the target The odd part 15 that he ney er missed The yogi stopped his own heart beating ia doctor present testified to this H stopped a couple of moying cars he read while blindfolded It was a good show FIO ITIHIICI' how it w is done Attcrw ircl we went to watch a half million Hindus gathered on a wide beach to worship their goddcss Shiya, the Four Xrmed One The Hindus hase a different god and goddess lor eserx tuor they want Exeryone was in his best dress some were riding donkeys and camels ind some were on wooden wheeled carts This goddess special home 15 a temple which rcccixcd a steady linc of worshippers Aftcr their respects had been pud to the dents the people went to the dances or bought the same lmc ot trmkets that we hase at a car nis al or fur The dancing is grotesque, accom panned bs sery weird music which is so monotonous it would, in time drixe the west . f V r . Y. . v. . , . r - ' 1 ' . r l . l , ' f Y . T I ' 1 v - Y . . . . .. 1 9 . , I , . . . . . , . . . Y . V , 9 ' I V ' Y . ' 3 y I - - as ar an as as fl' if it if fl - 7 , . . . 1 s . , . , , ,I I . . . I ... 7 I l I i' I - . . ' t '. 4 A . 'L ' V . - r p '- ' - - I gf' . . s . . . ' - . e , b . K . , Q , Q I q s. 4 I s U I - I ci V 1 F -'. v 'Q ' I- . v ' s,- . I c . c I . . 1 if I s -f v v 1 - , ' ' . . , . , , . . . . . -W - V., . . . , , . . t , 2 .... . . . . , ...' ,x U. ' ' . , .1 , . . , , , A ,- ' . ' yn 1' - - ',- , V V ' ' L ., ...K , . c- V y V , . . L .I .S .g 1 , . 1. . . . . . . . L5 ' 1 t '. '- ' .. . Y c . V x ., . .-8 1 . 1 . . -s 5 , s - K g 'I ' ll 1. 'Tc ' 2 ' ' ' ' 2 ,' , . . , . . , . ' . . . . . , ' ' Y - 4 s l ' y - - . cc . . H L . ' - . . , 1 . 76 THE BANNER erner mad. Some of the worshippers get drunk, but about dark a steady mass movement starts back home. LT. THEODORE CONSTANTINE '38 Somewhere in France When I found Phil, he was dirty and tousled haired but I had him clean up put on his dress blues and comb his hair What a transforma tion that vvas' We had dinner at about 8 30 Saturday and stayed at the table That s the vvay people eat in France fourth meal I had had in this country, and not once did I leave the table until at least three hours had elapsed We slept in a swell little guest house next to the garden What a luxury it was for us to sleep in real beds with white sheets and silk puffs' Oh I want to tell you, Saturday p m Phil and I, and Mr Rochard with one of our men as driver, went to Bayeux for a quick visit and to see the Cathedral We could not stay long but we went there again yesterday afternoon with Emile and took time to see the Cathedral entirely Its a marvel of architecture that I cant begln to describe Some day I hope we vvill all take a trip over here and End everything built up and much nicer Now about the chateau, for I know you re curious to hear about it It s an old one built centuries ago about the XVth but ll has been improved and modernized It is very large for a home and has tvvo or three round towers with conical roots The walls are over 7 ft thick What vvould interest you most IS the furniture vvhich IS almost priceless Louis XV XXI Empire Directoire etc One old cabinet till I2 00 It vvas the made in Brittany IS about 500 years old The upholstery is gold and rose color the chairs and divans are comfortable The gardens are beautiful even for this late in the season Thev tell me that in lune it vvas a sea 01 color vvith roses honeysutkle etc There are also large vegetable and fruit gardens The pear and apple trees are tied to vvlres and trained to grovv like vines lt is surprising to see a tree vvith branches the Sllt, of my thumb covered vvith clusters ol large rosy ipples 'Iht qcilxtv seemv to be the main obyective bctiuse 1 tr growing that vvav vvould hardly produce more than 1 petk or tvvo ot fruit VVe ate pears and gripes Mr Rochard vvho is retired vvas for merly Prefect of the Pas de Calais Department, which is a division like our counties. L. P. Focnxuan '21, CCM fThis letter is illustrated in our picture sec- tion by the snapshot photo of Chief Fournier and his son Philip, at the chateau Somewhere in France I received another letter from Dad today You can imagine how glad I am to know he is somewhere near here I-Ie knows where I am and told me hed be coming over to see me if I didnt get there First I think he has a better chance of coming here than I have of going there You see its pretty hard to get around here Everything is run bv the Army and vou find Naval Personnel have a hard time to go beyond the beach M P s are all over the place just waiting to pick us up I dont think it is so strict where Dad is, so he might have a better chance The place where I am was the hardest beach to take on D Day You find pill boxes all along the hills where 88s and machine gun nests were set up Boy' Youll never know how much credit our boys deserve They really went through this place All the houses and towns around here have been blasted to rum you see shell holes everywhere The mine fields havent all been cleared yet The erries left most of their own signs standing The signs show a skull and cross bones and read Minen I was up at the cemetery on the hill the other day vvhere about hve thousand of our boys are buried You find graves all over through tovvns on sldes of roads with twigs crossed over them One can see vvhere the A1rBorne yust a steel structure is left They re ln trees and evervvvhere Mom if this letter goes through uncensored please have the others read it and sav a prayer for these boys Thev ve been through a lot over here I vvill tell ou mcrc al out it later Pmur FOLRNIIER as as ar at as Somtvvhere in Cntrmanv March I4 1945 I yust got your letter of Ianuary l8th a few davs ago 'Ihe mail must have been held up somevv here I-Iope vou have been getting the icvv letters I have had a chance to vv rite as it at 1 ar I' y I , -I ' as at as as as , . . I 9 i 9 I ' . , , - , . . , . V y V . , . . Y . I q . . . . - y V , Q ' i . . . 7 ' , i . I , . . . . , , , , . . 1 - - ' I. . . ' ' . . I 7 , ' I . . , , y . 1 h y . . . I Iv I ' . . . - 3 ' Y I Y T V V , . , V A Q Y . 1 . D, . i . . . . 9 a 9 V A V ' , ' ' U ,' l ' ' ' units burned their gliders when they landed, Y, ' . . . - , . Y A 1' Q . P .. . 1 - , Y ' 9 V ' , V .- - - . , Q I - ,Y ' ' V ' V 1 1 I f v l vi V is I I I v I' - I 1 . 1 ' s . , , , , G X Q y V ' . V' .i '. ' ' Y V' x - s- ' , -s t' v V , s ' 's t I ' r ' A 1 , ': '. ' - 'Q ' f - , ' : A ' . 'ct 1 ee ' v 1' ' f , y V' y s f r ' v V ' ' ' V t ' ' ' I I I - 4 ' . ' ' 7 D y I --I V I - v ' 4- - ' . -1 A , 4. V . -s . - V ' l THE BANNER As you know I hate the company I used to be a Prnate ln Yes' they call me the old man now The other company commander was wounded nn Noxember so that put me nn com mand I hate a lot of new men with me be cause that break through we had rn December used us rather rough for ue didnt glue them any ground But now thmgs are much differ ent because ue are pulllng the Watch on the Rhine as xt IS known I guess these Germans dont know when they are llcked You could nexer guess how much this country IS beat up I wlsh you could see my company ICP or command post here XVe just took this town a few days ago from the Ierrles As I sald In an other part of my letter we :cally took over We are holdlng our headquarters m a four story apartment bulldmg There are about 28 men ln my company group We haxe seseral con wemences steam heat electric llghts a radio etc so ll doesnt happen to be a bad set up I s a town ot about 70 000 ClHll3DS Sure wlsh they would send me home for a short tlme anyway I hate almost forgotten what the good old U 9 A looks like lsr LT PATL C HEATH 38 Somewhere nn France Vle we got lt pretty good tomght exen at nt IS ralmng outside We haxe a large room tn a xacant house wlth a nxce hre place 1n II We lound some Ierry batterxes and rugged up a lnght straw tor beds VVe had a nxce supper tomght Sollk and another boy caught a plg ID a deserted town we made good use ot ll We are staylng rn a house wlth two French people they cooked the two hmd quarters tor us wlth all the hx lngs It sure seemed good eating at a table once agaln 'Ihey are nlce folks and thlnk a lot ot us blx ot us ate together C PL Ru rxxw Srxxuopn fwxth Patton s 'I hnrd Xrmv France Nlarch -I Xs you can see Im back ln France Yes I let lielgxum yesterday mormng stlyed oxer mght at headquarters and assumed my dutles a town mayor today Im stlll worklng hand ln hand wlth the Brltlsh ROBERT E Dtaxktx IsT LT L E 78 Nowember 1944 Hello Folks Heres wtshmg you the best at ChF1SIm3S and ln the New Year VS 1ll w me you a letter later but am up to my neck III mud and work lust now e Patton keeps us gomg' Sxncere regards LT Woomzow Ross 37 I behexe that you already hate an xdea where I hate been on the Island CEngland so will confine thls letter to France and Germany along mth the Grand Duchy where I am at the present trme When I hrst landed tn France I spent Hve days and nlghts on or near the beach walking and sleeplng ln the mud You see, my umt preceded m to the continent as I was on a spe clal 1ob ln langland for slx months Alter armmg nn France, I had a deal of trouble hndmg my umt and was mformed that I would be able to get the desired mforma tlon 1n Pans and that I could get there by any way I saw ht Needless to say I got there and tn short order But after gettlng the loca t1on I wanted I tound I would have to stay the e tor three days Ot course that httle bxt of news broke my heart so I went back to the Bllletlng Office, secured an extension of three days on my hotel roo n took a taxi fno less back to the hotel, cleaned up put on my Glass A umtorm and went out to see the town And I d1d' I walked so much ln those three days that I had blxsters on both teet at the end ot that tlme It was well worth ll though I also went on a slght seemg tour of the clty by bus and xnslted many famous pomts of m terest one ot w hlch was the tomb of Napoleon ID Ies lnxalldes -X rather 1mpress1we slght and I learned that there are SIX tombs one ln snde another LOHSIIIUIIDB the Corsican s resting pllce The outer one IS ot l'JC3llIllLllly pollshcd red granlte The Notre Dame Gathedral IS something super sp ull mslde and out and no damage hls been done to xt thank God There I5 5OITlCIl1lI1g that the gulde told us thtt sound d a blt ruthless to me When a tamou man ot France dles h1s remalns lle ln stlte under the -Xrc de Trxomphe tor a certaxn pernod ot tnme whlch IS not the same tor all The L,O!11Il1Z1I1LlCl'lD Chlet ol the Allies ln the 77 . . 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' . 5 ' ' I. 7' is . 7 ' , ' ' ' ' 7 7 v r' 7 L v7 L A 7 7 7 TI-IE BANNER Frrst World VVar Marshall Foch lard ln state under the Arc for fourteen hours and then was placed 1n a tomb rn Les Inyalndes But Marshall Ioffre a hero rn any soldxers book, lay ln state under the Arc for only one mxnutel Smce leaymg France and moymg mto Lux embourg I haye been as busy as the proyerbral bee I trayel qulte a b1t and some of mv trrps take me mto Germany the most beautrful coun try I haye yet seen oyer here That of course rs referring strrctly to the landscape rn the coun trv because there rs not enough left of the crtres and towns Iye ylslted to get eyen an ydea of how they looked rn peacetrme They are yust a mass of rubble whlch to my mmd, rs exactly the way they should look The people of I uxembourg are yery frrendly and the cmes and towns of thus small country, as near as I haye been able to ascertam, were not harmed m the least although the people themselves had a tough tlme dunng the four years they supported the Germans Many of them speak Englxsh but my French rs such that I dont have too much trouble mak mg myself understood I-Iere also they make lce cream' Not the twenty four flavors put out by Howard ohn son s but strll, not bad for the txme and place At the present trme I am lwmg wrth a grand old couple they celebrated their 50th weddlng anniversary I9 February who do eyerythrng they can to make me feel at home 1s'r Luztr Woomtow Rose 37 Somewhere rn the N E I Feb 17 1944 Dear Folks Some tlme has elapsed but here I am agaln pretty much the same as the last trme I wrote hverythxng here rs rollrng along at nts usual pace and wrth nts fat present at least quiet surroundmgs Howeyer I find myself tarrly busy most ot the tlme but none the less happy My mam actlyxty during thls past yyeek has been that of constructmg Hoors lor our two tents and belreye me we really haye a spxc and span lrttle cottage here As for how long we shall be able to enyoy thus luxury I clnnot say but for my part Id yust as soon slt here untrl I get a chance to hut the States I-Ioyy ey er should the call be sounded Ill be fmt as a hddle and rarln to go Iye seen enough war to satrsfy all my adyenturous IDSIIHCIS So to put rt simply It doesnt worry me one way or the other Today I recelyed the request package that you sent alter the Chrrstmas boxes and It was swell I was mrghty glad to get the Yaselrne I-Iarr Tomc and I haye already used a generous application This heat drles up harr pretty fast Eyerythrng came rn -X I condytlon wrth the ex ceptlon ot one ot the bags of candy that melted But lt IS hrghly palatable and wyll be prop- erly disposed of Thanks a mtlllon folks' Dld I tell vou that I borrowed a game of monopoly and haye had some rrp roarnng ames' It s a lot of fun and always makes me thmk of the Saturday afternoons that Phrllup B Rrchard and I spent wxth Mr Harmon when he was shut m He used to enyoy hayxng us conne oyer and lt was certalnlv a thrxll for us Please thank the Ixrngs Daughters for the only real useful Chrxstmas card that I re celyed It was as you know a calendar card whxch sure IS handy Oyer here, where eyery day rs yust lrke another and t1me means nothmg 1ts amazing how qurckly a guy for gets what the date rs and eyen what day of the week rt rs So glye a grateful thanks to the proper p rsons But dont thlnk I dldnt wel come all Christmas cards they were swell many folks remembered me Please thank the Harmons the Browns the Hoppes Annie Allen Doc and Mrs Rand and Ma and I-Iarrls Wane for cards Before I forget 1t I want to suggest to you both a book to read because I know you wall enyoy II lmmensely The name ot II IS Cnet Thee Behind We and It was wntten by Hart zell Spence the man that yvrote One Foot ID I-Ieayen Xou wrll I know remember the moyle of yt H Spence was a mrmsters son and IH the book he tells of all the drfflcultres he meets It IS beautltully wrltten humorous but w 1th a real moral It must be at the library I read II onc yn Xustralna and came across the bcck agaln '1 couple ol davs ago so I reid t agaxn and rt was yust as good Let me know w hat you thynk ol II Eyen though tts mldway of the letter you know that my mam thought at the present tlme IS Fd I say a speclal prayer tor hum eycry nlght and somehow l yust knoyy he s allye and are a POVV yy hrch remrnds me ot a plece ,8 A . . . . 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Y . s - 1 ' THE BANNER I read yesterday rn a Brrsbane newspaper dated Feb 10th It sand that the Germans haye trans terred 30 000 POVVs to a brand new camp, where thev are recerymg the best of treatment They are recexymg all the llke benefits that we grye to German prrsoners and to bear out the statement the entrre camp has been open for lnspectron by hrgh Red Cross 0l:HC13lS It sald that nearly all pnsoners are being treated well because the Germans dont dare to mlstreat them now because It mrght go too hard wrth them when thev hnally grye up It sounds like stralght stutl to me I recelyed some good pictures taken bv the Boss thrs week They were taken up at Hills boro One of them rs of htm ln hrs huntlng shlrt fwool plaldl and he sure looked luke he always used to I dont thrnk he has changed at all The H I-I Bakmg sent me a nrce Boy Scout kmte with my lI1lI1I1lS on II for Chrrstmas ol 43 I dont haye It now though as I neyer could keep a kmle anv longer than you used to be able to Pop I-Ioweyer the sheath kmfe that the Boss sent me shortly alter I armed at Shendan I st1ll haye and ln yery good shape Its the most yersatrle kmle you eyer saw has been used for slrcxng bread klllrng snakes cuttmg wlre and opening cocoanuts It has certalnly pald tor rtselt I was also glad to recerye the lrttle booklet ot darly deyotlons dunng Lent Ash Wednes div was Feb l-lth the day I recelyed the book let so I stlrttd rlght away Iye had one lor the past tour vears or more and I always en yoyed rt Remember how I used to keep rt on the stand by my bun' that I made rn Nlanual Trarnrng is tar as yy rrtmg you when I should be w r1t ID others rs concerned rts rmposslble The enytlope addressed If Nlunsty Xye IS No tlttr that the others X lor now so long loye to all Burp ibm' BLRLEICII Enw XRD5 40 Somewhere un Oahu I-Iawan -Xug 8 9-I-l To btnner Iltmbers -H I wrsh to thunk you all tor berng so thought I ll rn sendm me a copy ot the Banner aa pre ated rt more than you w1ll eyer know the edrtors were well chosen and they drd an exceptronally Ene yob rn preparrng the Banner I receryed rt here rn the Hawauan Islands and rt cheered me up 100 These rslands are quxte mterestrng and there rs qurte a brt of scenery to look at I am one ot the lucky boys as I haye a leep to rrde all oy er the Island ID I haye seen Helds of prne apple growrng acres and acres of them Lately I was on a yery Interesting tour through the Dole factory In the factory one can dnnk 1ce cold pmeapple IUICC trom a fountam qurte a treat A great deal of sugar cane rs grown here also and I haye been through a mrll to see the cane crushed and made rnto sugar In the whole plant there were only Hye helpers who just took care ol the machinery We haye a lot of shows for entertalnment here and there rs the ocean to go swrmmrng rn just across the road we are busy most of the tlme I wnll close now hopmg you have a happv season Yours truly P F C Lrauwn WALKER Island X Southwest Pacrflc Todav I had a yery mterestrng afternoon I spent about an hour talkrng with one of the natryes He could speak English better than any other natrye Iye heard yet He sand he went to the natrye school here for four years He told us about how thlngs were betore the yvar betore the laps came He told about the natrye ylllages and how they moved to other Islands and back rn the jungles when the laps came He told about the laps robbrng eyervone and tearlng down homes and gardens He told us about the Xmencan Hyers the natryes had saytd by gomg out IH thenr canoes and reseurng them Ile said the natxyes wouldnt work for the laps He told rbout the gardens they used to haye They planted corn beans tomatoes rrce vams and other thrngs They had bananas prneap ples totonuts and other thmgs that grow w1ld here He told us about two young men they ent to an l2,,l'lCLllIL1l'.ll school somewhere before the w rr md how they hadnt heard from them srnce Then he showed us the most mterestrng thmg ot all He took us oyer to a couple of . .'.' 79 , . - , - Sf , 9 2' V 1 - - I- - 7 ' - ' sa na .V ' , . - ' . . 9 9 9 ' I ' . , . , , . . . . . In I 7 ' Y , I , , , . . , Y I f v A v v ' 3 7 1 ' I Y y ll , . , ' 7 7 1 . . I I A Q is 1 1 Q 1 7 I 3 I ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '. It 7 I 7 . 1 ' ' - ' r rl Q ' 7 , ' D - ' Y . I Y ' ' T , - Hrs teacher was a New Zealander. : ' 'L ' f . ' '. ' . . . ' . . , n , . I . : - A - . . I Y v v v . - . I 1 , U I . . . bp 'U .- -,I V - v 1 . I I . ' .ll ' '- Q 1. ' ' 1 . . . . . 1 I V W V. , 1 n s v v 1 , as as -lf as as ' , L ' , . I , ci I D , L ' H - I I Q . 7 I '. . f. , I . 1 . ' 1 'L .. ' f ' ' : S . LY' ' ' ' 4 1 1' j - 'L z ' l' L g 1' ' . I I- ' . ii. ' . ,' . . ,I , ' ' TY-I T I I I T A I U D - L o I 80 THE BANNER mahogany logs, but as xx'e came closer we noticed that part of the logs had been carved. The logs were from txvo to three feet through and about fifteen feet long. In the center sec- tion of one there xvas carved the life-size Figure of a natrxe xxoman The face xxas xery Irfe like wrth full lrps, prominent teeth small nose and fu7zv harr The other carxrng xx ts a crocodile ffull srzedl sxxalloxxrng a lap soldrer The ap xxas all cwalloued but om leg The crocodile xx as realrstrc and ugly lookrng exen the cobblx back was carxed rt looked rough lrke an ear of corn The natrxe sard hrs father had made one of the carxrngs and hrs uncle thc other 'I hey xx ere to be used rn a church Thrs felloxx spoke good English and exen used brg xxords We offered hrm a cigarette and he smoked rt lrke a grrl lust learning to smoke IIe drclnt rnhale and he gestured xery gracefully xxrth rt The other day I saxv some natrxes out xxork nw rn the sun There xxas no shade near and, as they alxxays spend 1 lot of time srttrng doxxn resting, they xxent out rn the jungle and cut doxxn some trees, dragged them oxer to xx here they xx ere xx orkrng and stood them up together, sort of leaning on one another then they had a nrce group of shade trees to rest under Prettx good huh ALI-RED Crxrxrrxrox 53 C, NI 3 c Somexxhere rn France Early Nloxember QT hrs xx as thc hrst trme Capt Doxx could tell hrs Iocatron I Vxe are noxx rn Iqrrnce and Im haxrng to do a good deil of mx trlkrng rn French m brlleted xx rth t non Lnglrsh sp rkm French cint tell xou xx here The rregularrtx of my meals keeps me hun grx most of the trmc Food rs good brt x r tbl nount tours xx hen I ctn c tt x cle x r on xxhere I tm sur x cccl to xc rr ertl places rt thc srme trm I rter rn 'Xoxember xc found xons the most rntercstrn-r cr c xccn 'Ihc lrcncl dr xc tbcrr hors s tt ccm 1 trctt cet ste rc 0 sp Sonc of the hrtches fre rcmrnrscent of Uuebec December 6 Une rtem the French rtrsc rn irc rt quantrtx lxx rrch xxoulcl plcrse xou rs hoxxcrs Xlmost every town has large quantities of cut flowers for sale in the open-air public market. The flowers live seen have all been very handsome and have large. vigorous blooms - asters, roses, glads and the like. A much longer growing season here than at home Cabbage, onions, lettuce endrxe and turnrps are strll groxxrng rn the garden rather sloxvly Grass rs xery green rn comparison xxrth that rn New England at this season I lrke the methods emploxed bx the French rn managing therr for sts If onlx some of the tit r ccmranres at home xxould folloxx those practrccs our xx oods xxould not be such a mess cr c The Frcnc cut a trec at te gr: rnd land I mean ground and utrlrze exerx part of rt, exen to the txxrgs n certrrn trees are cut and there rs usually mother generation xxell tlong before the large trees haxe reached mtturrty cathedral Prnes rs an area like many of the French forests There s scarcely any unclerbrush I would sax there rs none but rt does seem to me that I saxx a lrttle rn one place Ixe been Xlthough Ixe been rn Drron sexeral times I get lost exery trrp Its a relatrxely small place xxrth a multrtude of narroxx streets leading ap parenty noxxhere Boston rn mrnrature Xoull be surprised to learn that I am a stu dent lor a change You can add Unrxersrtv of Parts to mx lrst exen rf rts a short course I do snt look too unlrke Harxard If xou rlan to send tnx more boxes make the contents ood only fours noxx rs lousy Xboxe all dont send any Spam We get that stufl at least once a day and I nexer xx ant to see anxthmrr lrke rt again December 77 If rt xxerent for seerng trees and decorations xxouldnt thrnk rt to be nearly Lhrrstmas time Srnce being rn the -Xrmx Ixe nexer thought rt xx rs Xmrs time xx hen rt re rlly xx as I suppose s lccruse Ixe not beet rt 1 xerx Xmrsx J t trrt serson fthe hrst xerr at OLS the c ond on m tneux ers and the lhrrd here I rst excnrng I xxent to see the Folres Iler gerc not cxrctlx the cssencc of Prrrsrrn culture, rnd xct onc of the hrgh sxots Nlx Xmas drnncr land brcakfastl consrstcd of r lx rrtron supplemented ltter bx hot coflee rnd donuts at the Red cross hut at Nancy Not xcrx lestrxe but the xxax I xxas fcelrng all I xx rn l . . h , , Y' ' , st ' . , , , ' 4 7 - Tk ' 4 , . ' Y ' , ' N. en - s ' V ' V f' ' - 1 . . ' alt- a 'ut. f 'h ' f . h ' ' ' . :L . 1 I ' ' ' ' ' ' r ' . ' e' 1' I ' ' 1 . O ly . ' , G 7 ' 1' K - 2' ' . Q A I. Y- I - I I S I I K - . 1 b . I - . . . 'V , T1 Y N . V be . , ' A . . . , . V 4 , , . A I V - . . . 1, , , 3 , ' . . 1 ', ' ' ,' 1 :',H ' .t Ill IX if K if 3 ' , ' . , ' ' ' ' 7 1 f . ' x - e - f Y ' J. . . , I S ' I . . - s A . 1 ' l t T I I -J t I Il A K D . bl fc ' 1 . 1' 1 ' - I' -- . . e. g . . . family and have been around quite a brt - but for sale rn some of the shops, I certainly i . ' . ' , ,ss 3 . , K . ' , ' A , ', , ' ' g ' ' ' -. ' r rt iz .e 1 ' .' ai ' ' f ' -1 ' 1 . ' in ar 1 l J ' ' ez 4 ary. 't end- it' 1 'r J ' 1 1 4 '- 4' I' 1 rlace ing ' ' ' L . I ll' zlli' lt I 'il sex- 11 lr jf: J ' I J . .l.I.. se - 1 ' ' ' 1 ' Q: ' i e. A ' .' ' ' I ., L11 5- , X- . .K F -ly , .u A-L - 1, . I--. .. 1 -L - , l'x'r I -' rn yet. ' 4 ' 'r r - 1 ' f II :nlf 1 lc, -1 l':l in' 'Q l li in . ans. f 2 ' . 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'l ' ' 'Q J ' 1' I J ' ,. .' i 'Q let I THF BANNER The dnalect ln Alsace IS almost umntellxgnble The food ns much better than w hat I haye been gettmg and wnth my change 1n appetlte fatter a bout of dvsentery and losnng fifteen pounds 1n welghtj that factor ts a great help I took a plcture the other dav ot a small old church tow er that dates back to the 17th or 13th century It IS stxll used the church part 15 much newer The tower 1tself looks IIS age, most unusual and lnterestmg The house where Im staymg now has an elderly lady wlth whom I ye talked She speaks excellent French and I can talk wlth her the best of anyone yet Must do some work IH preparatlon for some classes I haye tomorrow I was up until four thus mornmg and as 1ts eleyen p m thmk Id better get to bed shortlv In connectlon wxth Barbara M s conslderlng educatlonal rehabllltatlon oyer here I expect there w1ll be a conslderable number of clylllan teachers Imported after the war Dont thmk I would want lt, although those fortunate enough to land IH a place like Pans, might not hnd ll too had It seems as lt the French are In church all the time Iye yxslted some lnterestlng old rums datmg back nearly ten centurles It s rumored around that we are to haye steak sometime thls week but I am not lDCllCXlI1g' If untll I see It XI e ye had so much C, ratlon that chow Im sendlng plctures of the most beautlful cathedral Iye eyer seen At the txme ll was bullt, some one thousand years ago, lt was sup posed to be the largest buxldlng ln the world Unfortunately I dont know how correct th1s statement IS The p1ctures are of the famous Strasbourg Cathedral I luke that town better than Pans Its more lnterestlng seems more frlendly and more tw are there s a war golng on February I8 Thus xs the hrst time smcc Ixc been oxerseas thlt I lm actually consuous II IS Sunday Lsu ally I clnt tell one day of the week from an o her but today not so busy qunte OINIOLISIY IS Sunday February 78 Seems strange to read your letters Ialso news reportsl about the sex ere snow storms at home, we ye been haung yery sprung llke weather w mth no snow on the ground for about 1 month, trees are III bud and grass IS gettxng quite green March So far NIarch has been colder than most of February Molshetm ts an Interesting old French town w nth an anclent cxty wall, agatnst which houses haxe been bullt In places lt looks as though the cm wall had been utlIx7ed as the back wall of the house Some translatlon made by the French of therr own road sxgns are amusing I saw one De tense De Doubles translated as No Oyertak mg a llterary translatlon not hlllng the btll I would sav ofIhand that my chances of see mg Ralph Partndge would be eyen less than slim I get around qulte a bnt, but 1ts usually ln a hurry ln fact always ls, and I neyer have the chance to look anyone up except on bust ness C-SPT-XIV ROBERT Dow 27 flzmofed Engzneen' Battalion Dear Mr XVIIIIIICY -Xt thxs tune my supposltton that you thm me dead lb probably correct Such IS not the case, howeyer, and exen though I am tempo rarxly Hors de Combat w1th superficlal wounds I am yery much alne -Xs you proly ably wtll know, the tempo ot the war has m creased greatly ID the last two months That IS my prune reason for fatllng to wr1te Now that I IIN tn Nlerrv Old England tor a ltmlted stay I shall endeayor to catch up w 1th my cor respondence You wont be able to write to me untll I am asslgned to a permanent hospltal Xs soon as the transfer IS negotlated youll be notlhed by the underslgned Best of luck' LT I-IExRx Dcccn 37 Army Hospltal Shnp Mangold South Paclhc Ianuary I0 I0-I7 clly ts ISU p m C73 30 N tune! If I get up soon enough I go down to thc galley for some cofIee and then go up on the brxd-fe I rcllexe Red and Rex rebeyes Ron The courses are guen to us gyro, stand ard and steerunff compass We check our post txon on the chart and back on the brxdge The watch proceeds monotonously until 0033 when we take a tnne tnck I generally haye that hc mor Fxery half hour the bells are rung, and L . .If ' 81 A ' 1 . . . . r' Y ' V v ' ' U ' ' H As I - . , . . . . . . v . , . . . . , . . I I , - - . I . 4 A , . ' ' , ' ' . . ' . ' ' ' ' ' as ar as as as I I . - V c. A w ru V- - a I ' 1 v V I v . I . I . ' ' A I s I V . ,' . , ' , ' - . . I, .Y Q N . . I've more or less given up hope of any palatable - , - - - - - , - I Q - - ' -' 1 I ' . A I I r - v' , ' ' . 4 I . ' I 4 V - V - . . . YINQ Q A I I , - ' 1 ' A 9 I . 1 . , . l - l L 4 Y ' Y v V 3 x , y . . . ' ' A 7 ' I . as is as as as 4 o I y . . . . . , . ' K r '. 'N I ' ' '- ' ' A My cl' star at I . . . - . .'avy R 1 Q -. , - . x. 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I Y , THF BANNER at mght the bow lookout slngs out Llghts are brlght, sxr or words to that effect Exery hour I collect such data as compass headlngs temperature wmd and barometer and yot them down rn the log book Sack ln at 0400 or close to lf Vle get up at 1100 do our darly do7en eat and rellexe the watch at 17 00 VVe take local apparent noon srghts around noon Sometrmes I wmd up taking an ex mer1d1an lt I cant get hold of a sextant ln tlme Rex and I usually take seyeral srghts durrng the afternoon and an azlmuth wlth yours truly offlcratmg After I get off watch at l600 sometlmes I check the erght lxteboats I haxe charge of The lnfeboats are doublenested and those aft of the stack sure are frlthy Sometxmes I try to do a lrttle studymg rn the afternoon or eyenlng, but It s so darned hot you don t feel lrke domg any thmg not of nmmedxate rmportance We haxe moyres here quxte often, and the seyen prece orchestra The Oceanarres, gnes us concerts seyeral tlmes a week When we are ln port our nrght watches are nothmg much more than a famxly gathermg We sxt around and smoke and spm yarns Brll the galley mght watchman, comes up every half hour to report Eyerythmng secure rn the galley and stays around a whrle About toast We get a blg krck out of the natryes here They come out rn thelr canoes and trade stuff w 1th us Some of them haye blg salls on thelr outrrgger canoes February 5 Thls mornrng about 40 of us started 1n the motor boat and after we landed ashore cllmbed 1nto some trucks and thundered up hrll and down dale through mud showers and dust it the end of our trlp was a lake a brg one w 1th good scenery and a grass coye ed rec hall SNNlH1I11ll'lQ was the bug exent but you should haxe seen Lhet VVeed one of the medlcs and yours truly hlkmg along the fnnge of the yungle ln quest of souxenlrs l Finally wound up w 1th some le nes petals and a long strck I found I could strlp reeds from I hope to make a basket or so nethmg I haye tried to get as many sou xemrs as I can but am ashamed of th result anyway I haxe some lap IDXJSIOD money Vle hayent taken part lll any ot the bug forays but we do run rnto a little Pak now and thtn February 13 We re off agaln Thrs IS the shortest stay we hare maoe ID any port so tar VVe are shuttlmg between two ports carrylng base hospitals and medrcal supplies one way and patlents the other This tlme we were hlled up wlth patrents wrthnn 36 hours after we dropped the hook VVe haye a capaclty of oyer 800 patlents VVe haue been to hye ports on thrs srde so tar I can tell you tnree of them because we aren t trayelmg from there any more Mllne Bay Fmch Haxen and B1 k In our loadlng port, the water IS a lxttle too shallow to go to dock so the patlents are brought out ln landmg barges We couldnt get the accommodation ladder down this time so all the patlents came aboard by wmch and lrtter boxes ENSIGN Dum blur-HN 43 Port Transportatxon DIVISION Bldg 708 S F P E Fort Mason, Callforma I am O lx and gettlng to like Calrforma yery much what I haye seen of II I am stlll grmdmg away ID my section and am haymg fun dashrng all oyer San Francxsco w1th docu ments on th1s and that Thrs IS qulte a corncldence A friend of mme was looking at the map of Marne one day She 25 mrles from Ln ermore Falls The odd thrng 15 that 75 mlles from Oakland C3llfOfDlH rs a town called Lnermore Callfornla We had lots of excrtement here yesterday rn welcomlng the returmng Bataan prlsoners back It must haye been a thrill to them as they en tered the Harbor under the Golden Gate Brldge The whole Port turned out to cheer them as they passed through the mam street of the Port The faces ot some ot those boys looked worn and trred Now for the best news of all' I recened my tromotron to Frrst I leutenant Monday March 17th I hope 'Mom and Dad ll makes you o k as happy as ll does me and wnsh you were here to telebrate with me NIILDRED New BERG 31 fm VVXC seruce -X YN Xkllb BOOT TRAINING There are H000 grrls taklng boot trarnmg at the same trme exery two weeks 1680 glrls tnter and about that many are shipped out to tl fl rent plates nn the Umted States 32 - , .If . , - .. - - 7 , - . . 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V - lv ' THE BANNER I entered the seruce October D 1944 xvllh slx other glrls and a gulde I boarded the tram ln Portland en route to Hunter for boot tram mg We left Portland at ll 30 rn the mornmg and arrwed at Pennsylxama Statxon New York C1ty at 8 00 p m From there we went to the -Xrmory Hall after we had slgned necessary papers we were told somethrng of the routlne for the next s1x weeks We were grxen our hats gloxes fblackj and best of all our C I nylons lcotton stockmgs and a few other artx cles By the txme we were ready to be marched to our barracks lf was ll 30 p m After we had been assigned our rooms the gurls hurrned to wash their haxr and put ll up on pm curls but soon the Lreutenant appeared She told us to go to bed and forget our harr for that nrght The next mormng the roll call was yery earlv for we had to be ln bed by 9 30 and on our feet at 0530 each mornmg to muster for roll call by sectlons There are eight sectlons rn each company We had a schedule for exery day Though thls program was not easy ll was a lot of fun and a thorough change from llfe at home We had drlllxng eyery dav We also had classes three hours Qwe had Physical Ed for two hours eyerv other day as we werent per mitted off the grounds the shlp seruce had exerythlng for us from a shlps SCFXICC fstore and a clothlng department to a church O and the authorlty to wear them Our thlrd week was serv excrtrng for us slnce the scuttle but was th If Presldent Roosexelt was going to be at Hunter We were all xery much exerted XY hen Saturday mornmg came we were marched ID unnform to the -Xrmory Hall There we had to w alt three hours for the Pres ldents arm ll We had to stand at attentlon most LI the tunc and w hen the Presldent drd lrme wc stood at lttentron and saluted for twcntx hxc mrnutcs 'Ncws photographers took moung 1 ctures of us Our sectlon IS shown IH thc t 1rt of the moxtes plcturlng the departure o thc Presrdcnt I am the fourth from the front Seexng the Prcsnclent lll person so close I conslder my greatest thrlll ln the Naxy so far -Xftcr my boot trumng I w as asslgned to the Flect Post Ofhce ln San Franclsco Callfornla On the trxp there I saw many beautlful places the great wheat and corn hclds stretchlng for m les md mlles Great Salt Lake and Reno 'Veyada VVe had our lunch on the tram and dmner ln Sacramento the day we arrned rn thls socalled beaut1ful country NVe lrxe rn the heart of San Franclsco The bulldrng that we lwe rn was formerly the Ladres Club Thxs burldmg houses approxr mately I 000 grrls It cons1sts of a moy IC hall cleaners post office shrps seruce soda foun tam srck bay swlmmmg pool and a bug fron mg and drylng room The one building has l-I decks flloorsj not counting the cellar MV hrst work ln the Fleet Post Office was keeplng the boys names and addresses on files but lat r I w as put lnto the newspaper section Thrs requlres the sendlng of a card to the news paper publlshers who owe money on postage I haxe also done some work for the Command mg Officer w ho 15 a full Lieutenant This was confadentlal tvplng The clty IS a yery nice place lf you like It but grye me Luermore Falls Marne any day Ill take the State of Vfalne although I llke It here rn San Francnsco 1t has many recreatlonal places for serylce people The clty IS yery hilly It has much ram and fog but lrttle sunshme On Chrrstmas day I met Earl Fuller on the street What a SUFPYISCI VVh1le I was on my shore lxberty rn New York Crty I saw Radro Cltv Rockefeller Cen ter Emprre State Bulldrng the Statue of Lrb erty and St Patrrcks Cathedral the second largest and most beautiful Catholic church rn the world I thrnk my two davs of lersure were most enyoyable RITA C xoxox 44 S l Dec 79 19-H On the Ocean The dav we got on the boat the Red Lross gaxc us hot coffee doughnuts a candy bar a small gift a sewmg krt wrrtrng paper shoe stnngs 1nd other lrttle thmgs Ian 9 1945 England Thc country oxer here looks somewhat like Nfame The hclds arc separrted by walls and hcdges The rarlroad cars are xcrv small they look queer to me Ian 28 1943 I staycd ll the Red Cross bulldlng the last week end ln town The Red Cross certalnlv do s a lot for the L S Serxlce men and women our here Feb 1 1947 England It st re rs muddy II seems to ram a lot lately and or course that makes the mud worse . .If 83 I , n . 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R4 THE BANNER Feb 8 1945 France It some ot the people back home could see things as they are oyer here they would get to work and not worry about petty things like rationing, etc I got my rations today tor this week tour candy bars, one package ot gum, one bar ot soap, three razor blades and six packages ot cigarettes 1 belteye I am hayxng a warmer winter than you lolks back home I hate only seen about an inch and a halt ot snow in all Feb 18 1945 France XVe w ent to look at some German equipment that the Germans had left behind when they retreated There were tanks, guns, trucks, am mumtion, etc Feb 71 1945 France Vle went into town this afternoon and had time to look around 1 cant giye you the name of the place VVe went to the American Red Cross and had some good old coffee and dough nuts which tasted good The town was a wreck March 5 1945 Belgium Hope I run into George Dow here I hayent anv idea how long Ill be here March 8 1945 Holland We are staying in a nice little town We yis ited Germany It was a German town the Kmericans had taken they did a good job on it The people are yery friendly oyer here and most ot the younger ones can speak English Loye Heman Norris St,T Hrawrxx R Noiuus, R Somewhere in Holland Somew here in Izngland February I 1945 I in hcre in England all sale and sound VI e arriyed in Ianuary and I m hating .1 yery good time The weather is dimp and cool the streets look hundreds ot years old this pl ite is not at all modern Thcrc irc squtre street lamps whith giye as mutli light as 1 mttth thc pl ite l liye in is kept quite dark Taxis are like oldlishioned Nlodtl Ts I gct a kitk out ot the trolley ctrs too There are two floors It people leel good they Llll'T'l17 upstairs to the top Hoorg but if they're tired, they sit on the lower floor Trolleys and all other traffic runs on the left side ot the street which always makes me think other trolleys will hit us Iye seen a lot ot the places that haye been bombed I expect to be here two or three more months GEORGE Nhw cours S 7 c anuarv 6 1945 Im here noyy in an Engineer Construction Battalion that is eyentuallv destined for oyer seas I guess we haye some b1XOU3C and some umt training yet to come That s about all Iye been here in Washington six months now and I like this part of the country The summertime is cool, just comfortable The win ter 15 yery damp and inclined to be rainy a fair part ot the time The winters are not cold and there is no snow no ice skating, or other winter sports texcept in the mountain regions Tacoma is htteen miles from Fort Lewis, and Olympia is about fifteen miles in the opposite direction Seattle is torty four miles away, and Portland, Ore is one hundred and forty miles from here The scenery is beautiful, with giant fir trees, low grassy meadows, and plenty ot green grass eyen in winter Wt Ranier is seyenty miles away and is one of the most beautiful yiews 1 ye eyer seen It looks yerv close by, and it is yery high and is especially beautitul yyhen the sun is setting, and the snows in the slopes gleam like lights in the rays of the sun Iye done plenty ot trayeling but hayen t had much ot a chance to sight see much I was in the Carolinas lor a total of twenty months I w as in North L arolma tor 16 months Then 1 Lane VVest by the w av ot the Southern Route through St Iotns, Ixansas City Denyer, and 'tll po r'ts in between XVhen I went home on Iur lough I trtyeled the Northern Route through Idaho Xlontma, S Dakota, XVISCODSIII, Illinois, Niinnesoti ll it is possible I would like some back copies ot the lianmr hxtuse me it Ixe talked too much about myselt in this letter Good luck to alll 5'r1.x1.Ex XIOLETTE 39 ' 9 3 . 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I-I I I i I 1 I ' 1 . - 1 I. . . s V 1 THE BANNER I reetlngs from the Pacliac' Im afraid you are golng to haye to reylse the maps you use at school There s a lot of prop erty yet that we re gorng to yab our bread hooks 1nto I had a package of Iap smokes a whlle ago but eyldently they dont follow the blueprlnts when they re makmg them as they re mlghtv terrrble Iye collected qulte a lot of colns and souyenrrs slnce leaymg the states I ye got some of my pals roamxng around ln other areas on the lookout for strange colns for me When I return I should haye quite an nmposlng array I m stlll at the same place from whlch I wrote you my preyxous letters In two more days xt wlll be exactly one year slnce I left cxylllzatlon that ns lf you can classlfy Honolulu as such It s been one of the longest years I haye had rn thls old world too I cant tell you yvhat Im doing to help rn thrs confounded yvar but Im pretty sure I m helprng Thls seryxce IS known as you recollect as the sllent serylce and It backs up that tltle l00 Before coming to this place I made a war patrol on a sub When anybody declares that they re not bothered by ashcans bemg dropped on them Ill back you up when you say they re nuts or lylng I guess yvell all be glad when Cyermany has glyen up the shlp but out here nothmg rs qulte so important as w altzlng through Tokyo That yv1ll be the day of days' How do you like our slogan out here date much too hlgh I guess Id better close lor now and get ready for mv yy atch Strll the same old Flwood IHXROLD I'LXXO0D IXINIBALL Sv IL M 7lc L SN R L S Sub Base Somewhere rn Izngllnd 1944 Ilcar Xlr VK hltney I htyc truelled qulte 1 LIISIIIILL slnce last unc but hlye come to rest here rn Izngland Ihc country IS not too bld to llye rn and there rs rlwavs somethlng IHICICSIIIIS Xlthough It ts necessary to defend on ones own means of getnng anyyy here I haye bought a blcvcle and haye trayelled qtnte extenslyely w1th1n ten mxles of base On Noyember 3 I went to London on -I9 hour pass to see the parts I had read and hclrd about I had the opportunlty of looklng oyer such hlstorlc spots as the Tower of Lon don VN estmrnster abbey Downmg Street, XVh1tehall Fleet Street Scotland Yard and many others There are st1ll some I mrssed too Domestrc lrfe here at the base rs exceptronally comfortable for the U S army Shelyes and tables are constantly berng constructed by the carpenters to add to our furmture We also haye a mascot a St Bernard puppy named Her man about 3 months old He creates quxte a b1t of lnterest because of hxs mlschleyous be haylor Remem er me to the boys NIr Whitney I wrll try to w rlte them a letter I haye not been able to do so well 1n correspondence, but I am stlll O lx 1 and gettrng along well Hope you are the sat ae Your frlend SGT Pact. LEEs 43 Hoy what a day this was' I hayent worked so hard for .1 long long txme' We took stores aboard for another shlp and ours too There w ere tons of food but I can t tell you how much esactly Fyerythlng you can th1nk of almost We went to one of these Merchant Shlps and xt was qulte a mess Nlot kept up as well by a long shot as these nayy yessels we haye They can carry clnned goods and stulf IH bags enough to make the super market 1n Llyermore Falls look luke a toothprck besrde a redwood tree Ve had these cargo nets that were low that then lf was horsted up and put oyer the slde lnto smaller craft to take to the shlp We were working all the tlme t1ll noon then knocked off for a few minutes Some of the fellows w ent back down ln the hold and tossed up a lew cans of beans tomatoes all krnds of 1UlLCS etc VVe opened the cans wlthout knlves and used pxeces of w ood as spoons We drank cms of eyerythmg and tossed the empty cans oyer thc sldc II hey lct us go at It too' I guess thc guys III the Xlerchant NIar1ne on that shlp w lntecl us to ttke rt all so they would be able to get back to the states agaln Lant blame them ID a w y They get paxd by the hour and dont work on Sundays and Saturdavs un less somethmg comes up If somethmg special comes up they are paid tlme and one half Some ol them make S7 x0 an hour on these days The pay IS pretty good but I dont thmk yery much ol the duty Id rather stlck to a . 85 I I I V y I - 'I I I V - I . 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I I THE BANNIER naxy shlp llke ours any day Radlomen on these shlps haye It darn good though All they do ln port IS copy a llttle press news They haye prlyate rooms, or no more than two ln a room VK ell, after eatlng all day long then COI'I1lHg back and eatlng a blg meal at about 3 oclock fwhlch was supposed to be our dlnnerj I haye eaten once more, thls tlme lt was supper onlv two hours after I had eaten dlnner Creamed turkey, or chlcken I yust couldnt IUIQS that, could I I am lust about as full as I eyer want to be for a w hlle I bet that I dld lose about fate pounds today though Eyery IUIUUIC or so I had to blow the sweat that gathered n drops on the end of my nose VVe halent had mall for about 1 or 8 days I dont know what IS the matter It comes swell for a whlle then It stops altogether I was readlng a story of how lNayy gets lts mall to men ln shlps at port and soldlers ln camp wlthln a week after II has left the East Coast It IS a lot of bunk, although I know they do the yery best they can What makes me mad IS the Way lf IS sorted back ID the states, or at Pearl I-Iarbor Some of the mall wrltten lately arrlyes here then a couple of weeks later we get mall two months old Somethlng IS wrong but thls expandlng demand for mall oyer here along wlth the expandlng nayal power IS as good a reason as any Too many men too much l11Zlll, not enough planes and ShlpS to carry lt Anyway materlals of war are more lmportant than mall ln most lnstances ROBERT Beat Lllae 43 Indra Boy 13 9-H Today I wltnessed an Indlan funeral, and thought maybe you would llke to see ll through my eyes It all happened as I was out IDSPCCI lng my coolles on the rlyer bank you see, be cause of the water used for a ceremony the ghat for l'ILll'I'fll1g the bodles IS always located on a stream bank -'fs I came around 1 bend I saw a long llne of Indlans COl11lI1g my w ay and lollr were car rvlng 1 body on the delth bed ll w 15 coyered wlth a Whlll cloth as they came closer the absence of any females among the mourners was H0llLC3l7lC There were two yery small chlldren I found out later they were now orphans Thelr father had dled some tlme ago, and now thelr young mother had been taken away On the rlyer bank a sultable spot was duff to make a pyre and then logs and lI1H8l'l1lT12llJlC materlal placed ln t The body was dlpped ln the water for cleanslng then placed on top of the logs Iilnally a large log was placed LTOSSXKISC to bold the body when the flames would make ll tend to more In many cases, the body has been seen to come erect, and usu ally attalns a slttlng POSITION Rlce IS placed IIT each ear and ln the mouth to feed the soul on IIS long tourney The mou ners lnet a prob lem, slnce the oldest clalld lb supposed to llght the cloth about the face of the dead person lf other members of the IIHIDCLIIHIC famlly are present they get a torch from thls flame and llght the couch The two chlcos were too small to do anythlng except to Sll cross legged and cry softly The youngest was only two, hls brother two years older To prepare eyerythlng for the final rltes, was a matter of ox er an hour In the crowd of fifty men, there was much loud talklng, and Indlan horseplay, slnce there was an Amerlcan pres ent Thls behaylour can be explalned by the fact, that there IS a funeral ey ery day and often as not as many as three at once One polnt I forgot after the bath the body IS annolnted w lth a llquld called mustard seed oll Thls oll lb used dallv by all Indlans after the bath for the halr and for cooklng purposes Eyery Indlan carrles a llmlted supply ln a llttle ylal attached to a strlng and tled to hls VNHISI Members of the caste dl'3l'l13llC3lly applled the torches, and the mourners all became sllent bome sat on ll1ClI' haunches, fayorlte Indlan POSIIIOD and cthers sat cross legged T e sm lller CITICO stlll sobbed, w hlle hls older brother trled to act hls part and sat stlflly faclng the pyre The XICIIII1 belng a woman was yery small so neyer had a chance to more VVhen the flames dled out the remalns only bones, w ere dragged to a prepared hole ln the ground tnd pushed Ill The hole w ls qllllelxly falled ln wlth spldes The crowd dlspersed and the two orphms were led tw ly wlth neler l backward gltnce Xprl I7 9-H The Indlans make all thelr clothes and thelr handworl- IS really grand It IS yery expenslle , . l . . . . 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IIE BKNX rn the markets The souyenrrs they make are yery beautrtul and not too hrgh They go rn tor gaudy colors VK hrle rn the held yyashrng today I rnyestr gated the Indran art ot brrck makrng They are made from mud and yyater alloyyed to dry rn the sun J days stacked rn large square prles, and burned I'hey haye a number ot channels runnrng along the ground layer, these are hlled yy rth coal and burn tor hours In the end the hnrshed product looks pretty good, and must be because all our burldrngs and some ot therrs are made yyrth them These peoples are Cor yyerej honest, and lrrendly but berng around us knoyyrng hoyy much money yye get and our customs they soon change You see there rs 1 bearer and a laun dry mm assrgned to each barracks VVhen rt comes trme to pay them they yy ant more money each trme They all haye the same story yy hrch I belreye they learned at home They say I haye tour brothers, Frye srsters, my yyrte, chrco father and mother to support on my small pay and some herrers earn oyer I00 Rs per month Xnyyy ay the part about all therr brothers rs true yet each brother yyorks and he tells the same story So you see, they make a great deal of money I knoyy lots about therr yyays and rdcas tor I yy ork yy rth about 100 ot them One excuse they haye that Xmerreans all haye rs that therr grandmother rs alyy ays elyrng August 75 We rre rn the mrddle ot a dry monsoon and hoyy those sullerers ot the heat rash moan As Y is I yyerr ty st ,I rm bothered I hrye the rash slrghtly but cant eonplarn It rs noyy 9 00 md the humrdrty erlls tor 1 brthrng surt md told drrnks We haye elyy pots yyhreh keep yyater tool rnd by porrrrrw 1 lrttle around the srdes cooler strll due to ey rporrtron LPL R Eoyy mos Nladras, Indra If Feb 1943 Dear Folks Thrs letter rs a leyy days late, but tor good reasons some trme ago I told you, I belreye, I yyas gorng to rest camp doyyn at Nfiadras There are raerlrtres here tor eyerythrng, except tor eensorrng marl W hat I mean rs, they don t yyant us to yy rrte to many people, so I am yy rrt rng yust one letter to you all VVhen you dont hear trom me tor a couple ot yy eeks, dont get yy orrred Its .1 beautrlul plate here, tood rs excellent, there rre many syyrmmrng pools plus the ocean 'Iyyo buddres and I haye been rn the ocean as yyell .rs rn the largest syyrmmrng pool rn Indra Beautrtul homes and eryrc burldrngs, places of rnterest moy res and plenty ot sports are char aeterrstre o Nladras The Red Lross seryes ree cream darry, plus cokes, cakes, and sandwrches Ill e here tor I7 days, then back to the grrnd as the portrart yyrth my rrbbons on The color ol the tree blended yyrth the unrtorm, so rt yvas hard to prrnt For once you can almost see the mustache Look sharp, as they say oyer here' You tell ot the cold Here rn Indra rts be grnnrng to get hot The hot season starts the last ot Iaebruafy Madras, as you can see on your mrp rs seyeral hundred mrles farther south than lalrtornrr and rs rt hot I got a syyell burn yesterday We lolled rn the surf for rn hour rnd a halt then chrnged up The fresh mrlk here rs Super A lrttle eoyyy taste, yust Ike the fresh mrlk yyhen Cframp was through mrlkrng I tant belreye rts Indra, honest Your loy rng son, Chud ff PL Rrcrrxrtn Eoyy mos 38D T . .'.'ER 87 V a , ' I V A D , , '. - ' , V . 4 1 . 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N f Y s 9 88 'lllll Ii.xXNI',R 63' COMPARISON EINIENIBER the boy who sat ln the front row at the moyles about stx years ago Remember how, as he grew up people sud he would come to no good Remember people wondermg w hat hts generatlon was comlng to Maybe you dont bu he has yust sayed Amerlca Today, lnstead of he has a toxhole ID watches, and acts tn the hell of lront l1ne yyar Today lnstead ot commg to no good he has proyed htmsell better than the master race Remember how he played cops and robbers Today he plays with shells that can blow off a mans head Remember how he tought wtth the boy next door Today wtth a bloody lentte he hghts the l1p Remember when I brolee hts arm Toelay he has no arm R member the bed l1e slept tn Todty he sleeps the eternal sleep tn Norm ll1LIy FI hts IS the ba a front seat at the theater, some muddy dtteh and he boy oi s1x yetrs 1go Ihom1s Nlelxen 1ey -If THE LADY OF KFINT A Lllgllf. xong ltdy ther w 18 of Ixent 'lhtt tro the tyme that she went 'Io london tw l1ere the Ixtnv 1nd the Oueen dtd retgnl Ill the tyme thtt she w ts brought nelx VV1s kept IS 1 nurse tnnd to three burns there KN ho told l1er one d1y that sl1e dmnt d1re To vo out the wmelow md w tlle on the ledy, She trteel tt but sltpt on 1 broleen eelge x,- Xnd syylltly down to the ground she went That was the end of the lady fro Ixent 'I he n1or1l of the sad, sad tale ts 'Neyer Xylllx on lllgll ledges where ther 0 ra IS Oscar -Xnderson 45 OIN GOING TO CHURCH Ifemg one w ho does t1ot hnd partteularly en yoyable the tasle ot arlsmg practleally ln the mtddle of the ntght and who ardently belteyes ehureh serx tees should be helel at .1 later hour, perhaps at two Ill the afternoon I hnd tt d1H1 eult to arouse myselt early on the Sabbath drape mv elothlng about me ID the proper ttshton and push olI to CIILITLII Often after I haye 1rrned at ehureh and am seated I hnd that I haye arrayed myselt tn a somewhat peeultar and ayylew ard manner -Ks a result ot trytng to elteh a few extra wmles ot sleep whtle dressing I tm lneely to haxe my rubbers on the wrong teet or one stoelexng msmde out tle I am shutII1n-f sleeplly to ehureh the iresh ur tends to aw aleen me somewhat so that when tl1e nuntster greets n1e n1y eyes 1re I1 tll ey ned 1nd I manure to erotle ho1rse y Cro morntny, Iurthermore my reflex aettons are 1w tleened to the extent that I xetually respond 1 n e II 1 lou smouted ous m my eoustn 1 e ntttmg 1 weale C ue1 Then OII we m1rel1 to tl1e ehotr lott t1lxe our desngnned se tts and proeeed to mspeet the eon re- :ton tm IIIIIILCI to see thelr br: f .. 1..- .5 6 I - vhl 'V v A v Q , A V x ' I , ' ' A V , 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 F I ' 1 I 1 I I ' . 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I1 1 I 'ght THI' BANNER and cheerx expressxons X subyect of constant awe to me rs the abrlrtx of these Fme church go rs to skrp sprxlx about shakmg hands and shoutrng, Flne mornmg' Ha' I-Ia' Yes, srr, rts a great dax all right' All thus xerxe at such an earlx hour lt IS the habrt of many church goers to Find lnterestlng amusements for themselxes Iy partlcular faxorxte I5 to glance up w hlle the con gregmon rs supposedly praxmg, and count t e number of members swattmg Hres, looklng ou the xxmdow at an airplane, or twlstrng IH e pew ln order to see rf 'Nell has that horrid a on agann One lncldent happens mexltably Durmg the sermon, due to the fact that IH the rush and bustle of gettlng up l haxe forgotten to eat any breakfast, mx stomach growls and, ll seems, rs plamly heard rn exery corner of the church I always promrse myself to axold the embarrass ment of thls sltuatlon by getting up ten mlnutes earller the next time, but the promlse IS nexer kept Mter what seems hours, the serxlce rs ended I haxe managed to get the glst of the sermon, bv llstemng w 1th one ear open whlle dozlng -X I step out mto the alr I say to mvself Well th1ts one more Sunday oxer wrth' But, rn sprte of xx hat I consxdered 1n ordeal, I suddenly feel good The xxorld ts bright and llfe rs wonderful' Patr1c11 Brown 45 Tech Sgt lames II Crosson 11068766 -ll4th N F bqdn XPO No 650 c o Postmaster New fork, N Y Dux lrxr Xou asked me xxhat the hrgh school croxxd rs domg to help the war effort To begln xvlth xxe vent such 1 cra7x bunch of krds as xxe used to be Vie all read the papers and keep up on current exents bure we stlll read the moxxe m1ga71nes after wexe caught up wrth the p ogress of the allied armles and we sttll lxkt 1 coke or the most part we haxe jobs after school or else xxe hurrx home so that mothers may go to work Xt harxest trme manx of us were excused fro n school and we helped to harx est the crops Fc thls I recexxed the rxght to be 1 member of the VVomens land Xrmv The purchase of war bonds and stamps IS contlnued Dx the schools and they re dorng wonderfullx Then xxe wrlte many letters to help brlng xou fellows closer to home and help xou to rememoer all the fun we haxe worklng together rn the L 5 -X Isnt II grand to be an Amen can Your loxmg sus, oan Xllss ou CROSSCJN Star Route No I Lrxermore Falls, Marne MY IOB LAST SUMMER L1st summer I was employed by the Interna tlonal Pager Company MV first job was load rn f laps of sulphrte pulp These aps are folded sheets of sulphlte w htch are about three feet long, two feet wrde, and two or three Inches thltk Wy yob was to catch these laps as they were thrown down a chute, and ptle them on a wooden platform, w hlch xvould be prcked up by an electrlc truck and taken to a box car to be shlpped to another mrll There these laps xxould be made mto paper After I had had three weeks of thxs work the mlll shut down for a week and a halt but I w1s glxen a chance to work at the Lower Mull for a week wood from box cars, mto the rlxer Thrs was 1 hr der rob than workmg on sulphlte, but I lrkel It bctter because there I worked from sexen ID the morning until four ln the after noon with an hour off for dinner xvhereas at the Otis Nfxll I had xxorked from three to elexen at nlght Thls second yob gaxe me a ch1nce to go out rn the ex emng after my h1lf week xacatlon, I went back to work on sulphlte but thls work soon stopped because the mrll recelxed 1n order not to shlp anx more Xlx last lob xxas workmg on the breaker bcttcr Flhxs machme IS a l1rge beater xxhlch crushcs w1ste p1per mto sm1ll pleces so that It can be m1de mto paper ag11n My job xxas to throw the w tste p1per mto the beater I liked thls xou the best although I worked a different shift exerx week I xxorked enght hours a day srx d1xs 1 week on the beater, wrth Sundays off I 1lso lxked exervone I worked wlth, wht h made mx work more enyoyable I like mrll xxork b tter than store xxork, xxhlch I drd l1st 1 . .'.' 89 1 1. v I . 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' ' 8 THE B-XNINER year not because of the work 1tseIi but because the pay ts greater and the hours shorter I do not beheye that my work at the m1ll will be of any yalue to me m any subyect I am tak mg at school this year but xt has been of yalue nn other wavs It gave me something to take up my tlme while earnlng money w hlch I wrll some day need The work drd me no harm because I had plenty of ttme for recreatlon I gained a knowledge of how a paper mlll runs, whlch mmght be of yalue some day I-Iow eyer the greatest benefit I haye recexyed ns the deyel opment of abrlnty to get along w nth other people yvhlch ts a great help to anyone any ttme any where Oscar Anderson 45 ON DOGS Once I purchased a dog the first and last tlme that I shall eyer take such a step When I went to the pet shop this dog eytnced great yoy at my approach yumpmg up and down wtth pleasure After thls I rather had to buy rm Hts external appearance was the most cunous that rt had ey er been my sorrow to behold I-I looked lrke a cross between seyeral yanetres of dogs with the undesxrable characterlsttcs of each both physxcal and mental mg quotatton The one absolutely unselfish frlend that man can haye tn this unfriendly world the one that neyer deserts htm 15 hrs dog He asks no better fay or than to follow has poor master out mto the cold wide world to protect hrs master from danger and to lnck the hand that cannot feed htm And eyen at h1s master s graye he may be found head between hts paws alert and watchful falthful and true eyen after death In the first place my dog IS the most abso lutely selfish egotxst tn the world expectmg land usually obtarmng by one method or an otherl the best of all the food that comes lnto the house I-le elther looks so sad that I cant bear to eat It howls so that I haye to relnnqulsh ll to qutet htm or steals II ln one of my unwarv moments Nfy dog has run ayyay seyeral tunes when money was tlght and I had no funds to buy for htm spetxal things whlch he consxders hts due The dog IS possessed of enormous strength and although I haye neyer experxenced thts tt IS my co'1tent1on that were I forced to go out tnto the cold hard world because of poy erty or some other reason he would neyer follow m lNe1ther I am equally CCl'talI1 would he eyer remain farthful and true, eyen to the graye Rlchard Packard 45 ENGLAND AS I SEE IT Smce I haye been tn England only a rela txyely short trme ffour months to be exact I know that I am not qualxfied to wrlte a com plete descrnptron of England Howeyer I shall try to tell you of my adyentures 1n thus prctur esque land so that you may understand why I I1ke thrs country so much When I came here last May I expected to find England a country full of moors old castles and small rural like towns Much to my surpnse England IS qulte a btt like Amer lca wtth the exceptlon of Stonehenge or Strat ford-on Ayon and places ltke that Of course, being an Army Atr Corps Pllot I flew here ln my own bo'nber so I saw lxttle of England un ttl I had landed at my asstgned base The name IS a mnlrtary secret so hereafter I shall refer to ll by tts APO number 437A I landed at 437A on Friday May 19th m the cyenmg It was just begtnnlng to grow dark and as I neared the neld I could see the Ilghts go on one by one ID houses nearby Thls was my first glxmpse of Engltsh sotl smce there had been a heayy fog oyer the rest of England that day It seemed to me no dlfferent from any landtng field tn Amenca except that seyeral of the first men I saw spoke with an Englmsh accent I went with the rest of my crew dlrectlv to headquarters to recelye further mstructlons XVe were all assxgned to the same barracks w hlch we found contained practically 100 Americans It was thus fact alone that kept many of us fron being homestck You haye probably read many articles contermng the trammg camps here tn England so I shall not lother to de scribe thls one to you It IS yust llke mv other camp and anyway I m not sure that my descrlp tton would get by the censors I presume you would rather hear about England In general anyway so I shall descrlbe II to you vo A - , I a 9 V . , I ' ' ' , . . V . '. I I I I ' - . , . ' I at -1 - y y 1 ' ' ' ' . , 1 , I , , V V , e. , , , , , V , , , V . . . . . , , ' ' ' , y , . 1' 7 - . . vw l I - 3 . . . ' ' ' - v 1 I I v . v . . . , - 9 . I I ' s 1.1, V 5 , 7 3 ' V ' . 7 , v ' -' , ' . r . . . . . . 7 . . , 1 , . . . n A I , , - h. 1 , V V . . , , . V V C V A , V - . . . , , , . . . , , , - . . . - 3 5 I will now proceed to ptck apart the follow- , - . - - 4 4 . L4 ' I . V . . . . L . . - 3 9 ' Y , , V . . . . . . , y , 9 5 , , ' D ' Y . . , , . , , 9 v 9 9 1 V' Y ' Q as 7 9 1 ' v .Y v 1 . . , ' , ' 1 ' , ' . ' og ' . Y v - , , 1 A 1 ' r , . f . 1 7 . I x , -y V , . II ' , z 1 ' . 1 ' ' . , . ' , . . ' , , , . , 1 Q 1 1 . 4 . , V , . . K. . ,, V, THF BANNER Atter I had been here three weeks I recelyed a -IQ hour pass so I took a bus for London XVl11Ll'l IS about '00 mlles from here On the way to London I passed through manv small towns about the SIZC of Llyermore Falls and oae crty about the slze of Portland The coantrystde w as not nearly as htlly as If ts back home but more luke Ill1no1s where I trained before commg here There are many green helds but lew woods or forests Here and there I saw farmers hoemg ln thelr gardens or haryestlng early crops The towns resembled New England towns except that the English towns were apparently somewhat older Some of the houses were of a dnfferent style than any xn America but many made me thunk of home as I neared London the territory remmded me of the land near Lleyeland Ohio smce for twenty or twentv hye mlles all you could see were houses everywhere wlth small gardens at tached Nflost of London Itself was llke New York except ln the oldest part of the Clty I drd not haye yery much trme to spend nn Lon don but I enyoyed eyery mlnute of xt I wish I could haye gone again but suddenly the Colonel stopped rssunng passes at our camp I began makmg more and more mnsslons over Cfermany each tlme haylng narrower and narrower escapes Then hnally one day I lost Berlin and was returnlng to 431A when sud denly out of nowhere appeared four German Frghters N y rrght wing had been punctured on the way oyer so mv plane was not as maneux eralvle as usual I kept trylng to dodge the attackers and stxll head for England but I knew I was Izghtlng a loslng battle Flnally oyer the Channel one of the Frghters dlyed at me and put two motors out of commlssnon I faked a tall spln and the Ierrles thought I would crash so they left slnce they were gettlng mto dangerous terrltory for them I learned later that the other planes of our squadron downed thoe same four fighters I lust man ag cl to make the rocky coast before we crashed The next thmg I remember I was ly ng ln a hospxtal bed but I could see nothlng I heard XOICCS near me but I dldnt feel llke talkmg at the moment Later a doctor notlced I was moyxng around so he came oxer to my bed to see me I tound out from hum that I had a broken leg and that mv eves were both badly nnyured The rest of mv crew had escaped w 1th bruxses and cuts I spent many long weeks ln that bed Thev s emed muth longer because I couldnt see y eyes were both bandaged the doctors told mc they hoped to saxe them Nly leg got bet er Ill alw tys remember the day I learned to walk all oyer agaln Sometlmes members of m for ner crew or fellow pllots would come to see me I enroyed talkmg wlth them but I al ways telt blue when they left and I had to stay behlnd Then one day I heard three doctors come to mv bed sxde Une of them asked the others It they thought nt would be all rrght I neyer felt so thankful Ill all my llfe as when I found that I could actually see agaln That was two weeks ago Im glad Im leaymg thus hospltal not because they treated me badly or anything ltke that but because as long as I stay here rt means there rs somethmg wrong wxth me I want to get back rn actron I dont llke thus hfe of ease Oh here comes a nurse wlth a telegram I wonder w hom lt s for She s commg here' Its for me' Excuse me whlle I read rt Oh boy llsten to thlsl The YVar Department of the Umted States ofhclally notlhes you that you will FCCCIYC a 60 day leaxe of absence from your regular duties at APO-131 A tor purposes of recuperatton from your recent accldent You wall begun your lease tomorrow qept 73 1944 A D and muSt be at your base on Nos 22 19-I-l fS1gnedj Sec ot YVar Osctr Anderson -lu AIN UNEXPECTED TRIP Do you want to take a trrp w 1th me across the world to XISII the land of the forgotten people This seemed to come to me from total darkness -Xgaln I heard the xotce repeat the questron and add You must hurry be crust we wlll leaxe tomght 'XLIIOIITIULTIIX I rumped out of bed and dragged my suitcase mto the mlddle of the floor -Xfter rummaglng through my clothes I found a great manv th1ngs I wanted to take w nth me These I packed lnto my suitcases and was soon ready to leaxe Oh no' I couldnt hate for gotten my gorgeous blue eyemng gown could I One more I searched IH my closet untrl I lound tt I hated to crumple lt up but mv su1t cases were so full all ready that ll was nearly rmpossrble to get ll ln at all . ' Q . Y -' s 9 N 7 - , I, 1 7 , , , . A 4, , ' . ' , te: 1' . I ll, . I ' ' . . , . , , V I . , ,, , s 9 I ' ,' ' a ' Q , , . . 4 ' , s Y . ' Y , , ' . r ,. Y . . I I v ' 1 1 r . I - 1 - Y ' . v I v - D . 1 y v. . 1 s ' , y A , ' ' - . , . , . I V 9 9 Y 5 Y . . . . 5 I ' , . V V - , , . Y I . . , . . 5 ' Y ll ' ' ' . . . . ' l Q V' l ' - w ' Y- ' 9 - at ' A my luck. I had dropped my load of bombs on ' . 7 . - 1 , . . - , . . xr , - . . , . . . .I - . Q - H , ' gr , , . . . .. ' ' 'L ' , I 4 v 1 I v I Y Y , .. K , , Y Y ' V Y Y . Y . I . , . . .. , Y - ,- , S ' , , I . , ' . V . , 'I ' ' 1 I ' '. I L ' ' ' . , . M 1 - as 1 V 1 7 . S 4 1 , ' ' 'z ' ' . ' Y . rg ' ' ' l ' 107' ' I D ' I I . , , , , . 4 S Y 4, , . i f' . '. ', ' f. ' r ' ' V , I - 4 g - . 1 , , C L 3 ' L xr - I - rl w I , . I , I 1 I 1 - Q t . , . c - ' L ' Y , , ' ' I' Kr 1' r r ' r 1 ' , I - A J . - - ' V ' ' 7 4 . Y ' ' y , ' 92 TIIE BANNER Now began the process of closing the suitcase. I sat on it, piled other suitcases on it, and finally jumped on it. After what seemed ages I heard the lock snap shut. It seemed as if I had per- formed a miracle By this time seyeral hours had passed and I wasnt ready to leaye yet I hurried here and there about my room picking up other articles that I would neyer think of leaying behind me At last I had a great mound of suitcases and boxes in the middle of the floor I began to worrv about transporting so many boxes but soon forgot it At last I was ready to leaye Where was the person I was going with: Could she haye for gotten me No, there was someone knocking on the door now I rushed to the mirror and gaye myself a last minute inspection I wore a nayy blue suit, blue pumps, and hat Finding eyervthxng perfect I called Come in The door opened slowly and in stepped Mrs Roosevelt She was dressed 1n a beautiful white eyening gown She looked at the mound of boxes and shook her head slowly, We can neyer take these things with us, she said There is hardly room for the two of us in our helicopter Your blue suit isnt the outht I would choose for this trip Haye you an eyen ing gown in your closet, No dont bother to open your bags but come as you are -Xfter looking oyer my outfit again she turned and walked out of the room As soon as she left I began to rummage among my suitcases to trv to find the one which held my gown This search being unsuccessful I grabbed my pocket book and followed 'Vlrs Rooseyelt down the at the curb and we started on our yourney Xt last the ear stopped and Mrs Rooseyelt got out I followed her across a held until we came to a large hangar She turned to me ind said Do you still want to go l had felt sure you would VVont you please clll me Elctnor 'Now yye will continue with our trip Saying this she turned and entered the heli cot ter and soon wc yyere sailing away oyer the tree tops toward 1 forgotten land Now that the excitement of startin yy is oyer I be van to feel droyy sy and soon fell asleep I did not wake up until I felt that we yyere not moying any more Looking around I saw' that we had landed on the edge of a small wood. The trees were verv green, and many had beautiful flowers on them. After gazing around me, I turned to Eleanor and asked her yy here yye were Eleanor turned to me and replied We are now in the land of the knights and fair ladies You haye slept a long time for yye trayeled many millions of miles to get here Beyond this wood the knights liye Soon you will see that your suit is a little daring for the times are you ready to start now Let me help you down After helping me from the helicopter, she started walking through the woods as briskly as her gown would permit I followed her easily and soon emerged into a beautiful sunlit world All around us large Howers and ferns grew Many beautiful birds were Hitting from tree to tree In the distance we could see people com ing towards us As the people drew nearer, we could distin guish their odd dress The women wore long flowing gowns Each woman had an elaborate hair do They looked yery elegant indeed The knights were dressed in their customary armor which glistened as if it had been polished As they approached they drew their swords By this time they were in hailing distance and Eleanor spoke to them Although they understood her, they regarded us curiously I noticed that they did not giye Eleanor a second glance but gazed at me This unneryed me so laughed and pointed to my short skirt Then I realwed whv Eleanor yyore her gown The other women were dressed in long gow ns also, and I appeared quite undressed to them Sey eral knights came tow ard us and informed Eleanor they would haye to take us to court abruptly they turned to me and encircled me with their swords Howeycr they allowed Eleinor to yy ilk along as one of them Xt the ct urt 1 gray hurcd old knight looked us oyer incl spoke to the other knights H yy inted to know if I yyere a freak Xfter much discussion it was decided that I nas a freak XVe were allowed to go into the sunshine again ' 4 I I ' ' I l I ' ' il V 7 ' A . ,l I I A 4 l i ' , , ' ' . .' - I I YY l V I 'I ' - . . s I - I 7 Y - . . . Y , l . v ' ' ll ' .7! ' I Y - ' 4 9 ' ' - I Y - l - . it . . I , I' . . ,, . i r ' T v ll ' V ' . ' a - I I 1 . . . , - I 1 . . . s - I , I D ' 1 . , , . , V 1 v I y .' I . , , V r T A . v V '- . I walk. She entered a car, which was waiting that I asked Eleanor what the matter was. She 9 I I Il' l ' ' 1 . , - . 4 V I I . N I ' 1 . A Y . vs .'. . ' F ' . Y I X I 5 , E , . 1 b . U -A V: I 1 L. 2 n . H 4' , 1 .'..' . ' - ' g .1-. ., X- -. 1 i- -, . I . . ' S. C Q ' , . , . ' K . , A b .2 . . . ' . ,. -l I h 1 . 4 ' ,A , ' ' . , 'A . . .' . ' ,, g , . .- THE B-XNNIR 'Now sexeral kmghts agreed to escort us around the country srde NVe xrslted seseral old castles and marxeled at the strange sxghts The castles looked ters grand on the outsrde but were dark and gloomx rnslde We declxned sexeral lf1X1I8llOI'lS to CHI drnner after seemg the manner rn whxch the kmghts ate therr food The dogs were allowed to eat fron the tables and exervthrng w as conducted rn a xerx lnformal style Exersone gorged hrm self to thc utmost ust rs we were leaung one of the largest castles sexeral knrghts rode up to us w 1th drawn swords Thex ordered us to return to the court Xt thus crltlcal moment I woke up It seems that mx dear frlend Eleanor Roosexelt and my trlp wrth her were all a dream Hannorah Dxsart 43 PHOTO COLLECTION OF UNIFORMED MEIN AND WOMEN AT L F H S Thc plcture collectlon assembled rn the school library IS progressxng rt has conslderable dns tance to go howexer before 3C1'1lCNlDg comple tron Xt the present there are about 130 plc tures pmned to the bulletin board the Sen ree Roster lrsts oxer 310 men 'md women of L F H 9 ID umform Vle are xerv much pleased to recene these pxctures and we urge all former students those rn a better posrtlon to do so to send rn the photos as soon as posslble Izxentually when the collection rs complete all these prctures wrll be prrnted pefhap rn a future Busan It rs expected that the pxctures wrll be enclosed sometnne rn a permanent frame Snapshots of forergn sccncs arc stlll desrred at hrgh school both for the scrapbooks and for th 1940 Bsxxrrt lf the 19-lv prcturcs prose to be satrsfactorx md pcpular ncxt tears Busan wlll probablx contlnuc wlth strll morc of these foreign scencs CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS Curl Serxrce exammatrons grxen rn Nlay 1945 bv Nlrss Fpstem recrulter from Portland were taken and passed by ull the cfrndrdates LlerkTyp1sts Lorraine Bxlodeau Svlxla Nrchols Ieanette Blodgett Obxe Yrrgrn Ixath leen 'Xorrls lacqueleen Nlltchell Betty I-Irckew Clerks Gertrude Daxenport Xnrta xlCD8DlCl Lell Rrchards Nlary lung -Xlberta Frazrer THE READING CLUB I thlnk the Rcaclrng C lub w hrch Nlrss Nlaher orgamzed thrs vear has been a decxdedly t tractlxc club and an asset to our school I know I hate emoyed lt to the utmost and have obtarned from rt much xaluable mformatron regardrng books When I thlnk of the time I te wasted rn readlng books that Id forget ln a week I really get drsgusted wrth myself But srnce I yorned the Reading Club rt has been altogether drfferent I dont hate much t1me for reading but by lrstemng to the other mem bers of the club discussing current book fav orltes I get a fairly good rdea of what books Id lrke to read and whleh are worth my t1me I l1ke especially well the mformal round table dlscusslon we hate at exery meetlng It makes yet 'tt the same tame one rs learnrng' -Ks the other members drscuss the books they haxe read one has 1 chance to compare the authors and therr stxles of w rntmg These comments often help wh n decrdmg upon the chorce of a book Nlrss Xlrher mtkcs the club xcry emowable by llillfli, ruthors and pocts whom we mlght care to rerd md bv tellrng us somethmg of therr lncs or thc l7lLlxf,,1'OllFld of thelr work Becausc of nts rnformalm the Reaclrng Club has an mtrmltc ur that mtkes ll seem lrke a re l club md not 1 sessron o' parlrament I haxe nexer enloxed 1 club more thoroughly than l haxe thus one Ida Smlth -lb . .'.' i 93 ' , . . 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THE B-XNNFR Wmthrop Makes It Two Stranght XV1nthrop Hxgh haung an undefeated team except for a twogame spltt w1th Com lnxaded Xndle ground and stopped the locals 7710 They had too much materlal for Lnermore Falls belng acclaxmed one of the best school boy teams of the state w xth a roster whxch tn eluded Frost Hodgdon and Lunt Reynolds substltute for Foster at thxrd base plated a good game howlng extdences of becomxng xarslty mate-nal Mexico Has No P1cn1c Nlexlco found ll rather rocky goxng thus tlme as she lexcled hats w1th a greatly xmproxed team She hnally emerged xxctonous bv the narrow margm of 6 4 lxennedv came up w1th sueral Hashv plays around second base and Whrte played hxs usual good game Holt was steady ln back of the plate and garnered two IIS Farmmgton Stops Andlcs In the most desperately contested game of the year Farmington again edged Lwerrnore Falls by a slngle polnt The Green and XVl'llIS had mnth and Hartford at bat but the Farmmgton pftchet caught 'lessxer ofl base and a wlld mtxup ensued whlch ended w1th Sharlow on second betng tagged for the game endlng put out The hnal score was 14 I5 Green and Whlte Trtms Wllton Coach Crouses team took rexenge on the NVtlton team coached by Mr Legge as lt de featcd kVllIOI1 8 7 on lts own terntory Rlch ards out ln left m ide two good catches Whtte htt well Llvermore Falls Trounces lay ln the hnal game of the season Luermore Falls trrmmed lax 9 1 Iatten L F H S t e an pxtchcr held Inv s oreless eight xnmngs he deserted a shutout but errors behmd htm ln the nlnth nearly lost the game The C reen and Whlte howexer was equal to the occasxon and ret1red the other stde before further damage could be done XVl'llIC wound up the season w1th a battlng mark of 409 Hartford Sn lambert helded 957 htghest seasonal axerage of the team R1chard Packard Xlanager FOOTBALL SEASON Due to scholastlc dlfhcultles the team played onlv one football game 1n 43 Thls game was unofhclal belng agalnst a p1Ck up team from Chisholm and Iay The Hnal score was a t1e 1818 The sensat1onal runnlng of TCSSICF saxed the day for the hrgh school Hebert and W agner also dfd meritorious work Bucklln was xmured tn the only game of the yew Llneup follows F Hebert at full P Tes sxer and R Laxerdlere half backs and A Caouette quarter L1ne C VVagner and D lxennedw ends B Hardy and I Pakulskx guards Nl roster H Bucklm and T McKen nev tackles andf R1chards center Rlchard Packard 43 LIVERMORE FALLS HAS SUCCESSFUL BASKETBALL SEASON 44 45 The teams awerage would haxe been better 1f L F H S had played more schools rn 1ts cllss Schools of class A were the ones that brought our hnal seasonal axerage down to 750 we gaxe them competmon howexer and had them w orrled a good part of the trme L F H S Bows to Madlson 40 52 bexng new to the floor proxed a handlcao to our boys The low celllng was also hard to take nexertheless they played a good game Hebert and Saxage garnered 17 points each whlle NN agner made 8 polnts The Green and White Loses to Farmlngton, 31 37 The tall lust moung C reyhounds proxed too much for the Andles when they got a lead on the bots ln the hrst quarter howexer they d1d not surpass us durxng the rest of the game Saxag took scorxng honors w1th 13 pomts Foster and VN agner tled for second place w1th 6 points apxece Andres Sptlled by Wmthrop, 1822 The narrow floor and low celhng proxed a handlcap to the team Our boys played a good game but had a hard ttme passmg the ball through the tall VV1nthrop players Wagner was the lllgll scorer w1th D pornts Saxage and lxenne lx wuth 4 polnts each tled for second plate Hardv alded the team by fine defenstve work . . . - 93 ' 4 V .. 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HI' B-XNNFR Llvermore Falls Topped by Lcwlston, 39-45 The game was hot and fast but the large floor and the bxg bots ot Lewxston were too much lor our team Saxage was hrgh scorer wlth 16 pOlnlS Hebert with 10 pomts was next hxghest L F H S Nxpped by Rumford, 40 52 The Rumlord bovs were blg and were also excellent shots but the -Xndres kept them down xery well Hebert took honors wrth 70 pomts VVagner comlng second wrth 9 pomts Andres Conquer Wllton, 39 36 The C reen and Whlte played a good game whlch proxed too much for the Wrlton boys Hebert took honors wrth 16 pomts whlle Sax age made 17 pomts Green and Whlte Beaten by Edward Llttle 28 52 The Andres played a good game The Ed dres who were much too strong tor our boys are classrhed as one of the states best school boy teams Hebert was hrgh scorer wrth 13 pomts Saxage came next wlth 9 pomts Livermore Falls Trims lay, 43 17 The boys played a good game agarnst thelr and Saxage splxt first place wrth 14 pomts each lxennedy held second place w1th 7 pomts Andles Swamp Kents H111 56 23 The team had no trouble 1n topplng the prep scholars by a large score The second team show ed up xery w ell Hebert took honors wrth 71 pomts lxennedy was second wlth 14 pomts Green and Whlte Bows to Mexlco, 39 46 The team pl wed .1 leur game but tts shootrng wasnt good Saxage was hugh scorer wlth lf pomts Hebert nn second place garnered 10 pomts L F H S Nosed Out by Farmrngton 35 36 The game was 1.1st and lLll'1OU5 wlth 1 good defense as well as offense on both sldes The store w as 39 to 36 xxyllll about hte seconds to pln Hebert sunk 1 l5ClLlIllUl shot Irom the mlddle ot the floor Saxage and lxennedy were hrgh scorers wlth 11 pomts each and Hebert lollowed wlth 10 pomts Andres Easlly Top Leavltt Institute, 5411 The second team plaved the w hole game w1th the exception ot two mlnutes when the Hrst team was rn lncldentally the flrst team dem onstrated some xery good passlng and scored 17 pomts Top scormg honors went to Hart lord and Foster wlth 16 and 14 pomts respec tnelv Richards added up 10 pomts Llvermore Falls Wallops Madison, 60 30 The Xndles retallated heartlly tor the hrst game lost to lvladlson we certainly showed them that we had somethmg up our sleexes He uert took top sconng honors wrth 26 pomts Kennedy came ln second wlth 13 pomts L F H S Agarn Takes Kents H111 26-22 The boys played a slow game and took 1t wrthout much trouble Hebert was hrgh scorer w1th 14 pomts Wagner and Kennedy spllt sec ond place w1th 6 pomts each Green and Whlte Spllls Wrlton, 2623 The Andres agam were too strong for Wrl on V1 llton s l'loor proxed no handlcap to our Hebert split Frrst place wlth 14 pomts each Wagner took second place wlth D pomts L F H S Outscored by Rumford 42 56 The Rumtord Panthers agaln showed them selxes sllghtls stronger than our boys Hebert was hugh scorer wlth 14 pomts Wagner was next wlth 13 pomts Andres Retallate Agalnst Wmthrop 6426 The -Xndnes went ahead from the start and lndlcated therr ablllty to oxercome great ad xer e odds rn hexght and slze lxennedy took top honors w 1th 71 pomts Hebert came next wlth Wagner close behmd Lrvermore Falls Swamps Iay, 5428 The Andres agam took oxer thexr old lay rnals by a large margm Frne teamwork was dlsplfned bs the entxre tetm Hebert w as hrgh s orer wxth 17 pomts Q6 'I' I . . 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V 'T '. .7 . . 7 1 7 f Q l' t' r 1 ' 1 I 't' .7 1 , J ' 1 1 ' I ' ' 1 gg V , ' 3 IAN L F H S Tops Mexico, DD 34 The Iumor Green and Whlte Again Beaten by The boss plued .1 good game XNIDUIUEH mth ou muth trouble 'Ihe Imtos beat us 3 a sm 1ll mtrpn on thelr home floor but here the Xn les returned the le Il 133 nth mterest Hebert l2,,'llU took top honors xuth IU pomts Ixennedt was next uxth I3 pomts The see ond team shou ed up xxell IH this game Green and Wfhlte Halted by Gardlner 61 33 e tst ame ol the se :son xx 15 1 bld one lor the te tm 'I he Hoor and backboard seemed to htnder the bows from the start lxennedy was hl h seorer ruth II polnts Hebert was m se ond pl tee ul h Ill po nts Xl CXX Ihe seeond team had m exeellent sexson sxlth m lxeraee of oof They lost to onlv the bug, Rumtord team Thus team was eomposed ot lour sophomores and one Iumor L F I V s Topped by Rumford I V s The rumor Xndles put up a good heht but were handletpped bt a eouple ot lui, bows from Rumlord Foster was hxgh seorer mth 8 pomts Rlehards and Harttord were tred for seeond plate xuth 4 polnts eaeh Second Team Tops the Mexlco I V s 17 9 In thls eune the sm lller I F boss dxsplaycd hne lLll1NNOl'lx t teh Xldrleh s system o sxut hlllk lrom zone mln o n le e kept e Xlexleo bows dum The top s orme, honors nent to Rlehlrds Wllh v polnts Foster e tme seeond X 1th -l pomts L F I V s Edge 'Vladlson Iavvees 27 23 The term plneel 1 xerw good gone ILIIIISI XIILTISUII bots md l me xx rem rrds shun ed the xx xx ruth ll pomts Htrttord xx as elose behind xslth Ill Panther I V s 27 36 I I N s plated a xerw good Lune 1 ann hoxxexer slfe and superlor helbht told the stors In hards and I-oster spllt hrst plaee xx 1th 8 pomts teh Hartford took seeond plxee ssxth 1 pornts Seeond Team Upsets Iay I V s 39 24 'Ihe X team eonquered its ehlet rn tl ln a good game The boxs pl ned .1 good delensue as uell ts olIens1xe game Hartford took top SLOFIITI, honors vuth I3 pomts Rlehards took seeond pl tee vuth I7 pomts Iumor Varsity Swamps Mexico I V s 4426 Xll the boxs helped to brtnb up thls games ards was second hugh seorer vnth ll points The team played a hard and tast game agalnst the larger boys from Viexlco I. XVTIIIC 47 R Packard 43 The Flrst Team Lineup L YVa1,,ner Ixennedy F Hebert D Saxage B Hardy The Seeond Team Rex nolds H lrfford NI Ioster C Rnehzrds anderson Xlso ott tor the te lm xx ere N Itne I3 Nhtehell C Putnam tn: ers xx lm Thom s 1 I XX hire 'I'HIi 3. .'NI4R 97 . .. L . , y ,L , -' 4 y r' , . .Q , ' t - '. ' 2 ' . 5 ly . I.. . 11' ' f fa 'L .g , . 4 SI- ' , '. ' ' 'f , d'x ' 1 :naar ' 1 ' Ve' ' - ' ' T' ' an' ' ' 'l - ' 1 ' ye':': . I ze - . , ' T 1 sq ' Thflgs g' I ' '1'z : ' A 'l. Y. ' ' 4' 1 ' ' ,Q l ' , . - L- . . . I ,K I' , -- 2 I f y fs ' V ' , ,. ' - ' ' . , y A - Q L -' s ,. .' ' - ,, . 'U .. .' ' -1 a -,Lf ' - A y 'A X ' Z '- L I, T , 4 ' Q 1 't x J ' 1 ' - . I.XY ' ili Q. . IHS , , , 7 . 1 I .. , , U . , e . . I A . - .Y - . H I ' .V score, Foster bemg tops wlth I2 pomts. Rtch- - i 4 - . V - K vi N V 4 V. . I I Q Y I A A av- . . . A . l Y ' I I I I - . - . Q- - I T . . .1 , . . , ,. . . '. ' f D. ' ' U . . , ' I . . I V G , Y: ' . 1 .. . 1 . 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I 1 1 . 1. g A '1' ' ' ' 1 - ant bee xuse I took the place of a box xx ho xxent to xx ar I also xx orked at harxest tlme I pxeked eorn beans and apples Fxen though I dxd nearlx break mx neek iallmg out of an apple trec Im glad I had a eh mee to help Ruta Therrxen last summer I xxorked at THEIILHII s Nlarket domg clerk duties I xx as emploxed fortx four hours durmw the xx eek V hlle attendmg sehool mx xxorkmg hours axerage txxentx one hours per xxeek Xmtx 'I lglllllll X xxeek tlter sthool elosed last summer I x nt to xxork m 1 noxeltx null 'Ihns I1 unteered to plek tpples Ilxenlngs I ttke etre of chlldren I do housexx ork on Saturdays I haxe saxed xx xste f1's paper .md tm cans Ulxxe Y ll'glD -Xlter school closed last Iune I took care of my nephexx untxl the hrst of Iulx Thrs gaxe mv slster a ehanee to do xxar xxork The rest of the summer I spent domg xxaxt ress xxork at a summer resort at Ixennebunk Heath Thxs xxasnt exaetlv a xxar xob but xt dxd gxxe the xx tr xx orkers a plaee to rest In the fall I pneked eorn and bems to help sxxe the loe xl erops liettx Hxekey I spent lxst summer domg, housexxork 1 xob xx :eh I htxe tlxxxxs dlslxked Ilx domg t e housexxork I m :de xt posslble for mx mother to xxork m the mrll In the ftll I xolunteered for farm xxork and xxas sent to leeds to plek eorn at Nlurphx 5 The xx ork xx as rather ttrmg but the pxrls brleght ened ll up bx xokmg and laughmg Smfe Chrxstmas xaeatton I haxe xxorked do mu housexx ork after sehool and on Saturday Gertrude Dxxenport Iast summer xx hxle my mother helped III an olhee I drd the housexxork at home eaeh day I pxeked bems and eorn last fall I helped at home xxxth harxestmg and haxmg because of the lxtk of help Un mv bxevele I made deltx erles ol mtlk .md butter to xarlous people throughout the toxxn Eaeh morning I pre pared ehoeolate mxlk to sell to the stores and IANN to mdlxldutls I dxd manx other odd lobs and helped mx ftther out ln the ofhce occaslonally Beryl Iullus BCVIIIIHIIE, yulx Dth I9-I-I I xx as emploxed bx the II1lCl'I'llIlOl'l11l Paper Lompanx I xx orked on the Xndroseoggxn Rtxer m Rlley sortmg xxood VK hen sehool opened m September I left the mill and xx as xxlthout xxork for a xxeek or so after xx hleh tlme I xxas employed bv the Xexx Engl md X megar NVorks unttl Noxember on Xoxember oth I began xxork at the I P C omp mx Rlelxard Loxaas Ltst summer I xxent to xxork m 1 eannmg ltetorx m Portlmd Xlanne The xxork at hrst seemed xerx dull md hard but ts the days xxent by II beexme more lDICI'CSllDg and one day I founel out th tt most of the food I xx as xxorkmg on xxas bemg sent to the boys ln umform VN hen I eame back to school last tall I stayed out a fexx xxeeks to help farmers puck thelr Leans and eorn I hope xxhat llttle I haxe done xxlll haxe helped shorten the xxar and saxe the llxes of Xlberta Frazter I xx orked on a potato farm last summer The summer proxed to be one of the most mterest mg rn mx memory I learned 1 lot stxed a fatr amount ol monev md helped ruse mel harxest about Illlllfl barrels of potatoes on the ftrm xxhere I xxorked I enjoyed the summer enor mouslx md xxtll probably do the slme tvpe ol xx ork next summer Durnw the past sehool xetr, I haxe xxorked all mx spare tune ID the I P Lompany, axerag mv betxxeen 70 md 73 hours 1 xxeek Paul Dobosz Ilst summer I xxorked delxxermg lee and eoal for R md and Moore After school began I xxorked mghts delxxermg coal to people ln toxxn and out of toxxn My lob xxas qulte essen txal I thmk but not as mueh so as defense xxork Next yetr I plan on domg a bugger job for mx eountrx bv yotnmg the armed serxtee Donald Saxage MV xx tr xob last summer xxas makmg xalxes for the Xaxx and for paper mllls I xxorked for the Reeord Foundry and Nlachlnery Com , , I.. 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I Y r THF BANINFR pany Thexr xalxes were sent to Tacoma Washington where they were used ID Landmg Barges and m Mrcraft Carrxers Thus fall I helped the farmers harxest thelr crops I ptcked corn and apples xerv steadlly for about two weeks Stuart Ballev Last summer I worked ln Monk s store exery ntght ffrom stx to elexen oclock except Nfon davl Durmg thls school year I te worked four mghts a week at the same hours recently I hate been employed at the Adxertxser Ufhce Nlrglma Woodbury Last summer I worked tn a laundry nn Wtlll mantxc Lonn The work was not hard but 1t was xery hot as I worked behlnd the mangle We dld many serucemens laundrxes whlch had to be done qulckly I worked 47 hours a week When I fxmshed work there I came home getting here yust IH tlme to help harxest and hay I also helped wtth home cannmg NVhen school opened I ptcked corn and beans for local farmers Sylua Nrchols My chlef contrlbutlon to the war effort for the past summer was the work I dtd for the Burnham and Morrxll Cannmg factory worked on the mght shaft whxch was supposed to be from 6 p m unt1I 12 but usually we had to work sexeral hours longer somettmes untll stx tn the mormng I worked there durmg all the bean season I also planted and harxested potatoes plcked apples fespeclally after the hurrncanej and took care of chxldren durmg the summer and fall Uncle Sam says exery llttle but helps so I trled to do my lut Ida Smlth IUNIOR GROUP Nlghts alter school I work for .1 netghbor domg housework and carlng for chtldren -'liter supper I wash the dtshes and go home M home I help wxth the work and qtnte often care lor other chlldren tlll late at night Wlth the money I earn I buy saungs stamps pav a LI1l'lSlI113S check each week and buy thmgs I need Last summer I worked at a summer hotel In Rangeley Thus may not seem so Important hut workers find their xacatxons xerx essenttal At the hotel I did table work and recened many ups Wnth the money I earned durmg the sumr' er I bought a bond or else I added lt to my bank account Mmola Lake I worked tn a canmng factory last summer at nlght I had to ptck out the beans whlch the tables mlssed I sax ed waste paper and stlll am saung Iharxested beans apples and corn I kept house lor a working mother I buy war stamps exery week and sell war stamps tn my home room whlch has been gettmg 100 par txclpatlon smce the first week we started I haxe to go down street exery Frtday morning to get the stamps and bonds for the whole school bmce school began I clean the house and keep lt ln order I wash the dlshes dust wash floors do some cookmg run errands lron and press the clothes I also have to take care of my vounger stster All thls enables my mother to work rn the mxll All wmter long I had to go home noons ln order to keep the flres gomg so the house wouldnt freeze up Rtta Emond Last summer I w as employed by the General hlectrtc Lompany 1n Brldgeport Connecttcut The Ceneral Electrlc Q ompany produces many products mcludmg paratroopers sults radxos nawy goods electrical goods etc I had sexeral yobs whtle I was employed at C1 E I had an oflace lob at first The oflace work conststed of puttmg together books about cabling I made small parts that went on larger shtp appll ances to help stght the approach of enemy shlps I also dld other work In a different de partment but ll was so secret that the boss could not tell me what I was dolng I enloyed making these goods for the lNaxy and I plan to do the same work agaln thls next summer Odd yobs I dnd durmg the tall were gather mg mllkweed pods and harxestmg corn -Xt the present I don t do much except house work and sometlmes I take care ol my younger brothers and ststers I also buy war stamps w htch ns a xery good ldea all school studcnts I tht k Although I haxe not much toward the war eflort I leel but wnll help brxng the present con should do done xery that exert Hlcl to an end soon -Xudrey Spnller 100 I . . . . . - s I a I , . 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V THE BANNIER I spent my summer yacatxon, workrng nn a laundry ID Portland, Hrst on the pressers and then on the mangle as a sheet folder In the fall I helped haryest crops pxckxng beans, corn, and apples Now I work almost eyery nnght taking care ot a baby untll ten thirty so h1s mother ean work Ixathleen Blansdell Last summer atter school closed I stayed home and helped plant the erops, I later went to work on a tarm, earmg tor an 1ll person and dolng all the housework, besxdes helplng do the tarm work outszde lI1LIULIlI1g the haylng, I h ne also helped e are lor ehlldren, plck up pota toes md plek eorn I haxe helped my folks ptck up serap p tper saxe waste ttts, and tm eans Dorrs VK ebster I worked on 1 poultry tlrm durmg the sum mer havlng, plmtmg gram 1nd haryestmg as well ts l'l0ClIIg I worked at Berry s Frunt Ftrm, plelxllli, lpples ln the tall l'rnest Btektord Iwer smee the war started our tamlly hts eolleeted waste piper, w lste tats, md tm cans I haxe helted lI1 salxagmg these mflterxals to help brxn the boys home quleker Durmg the summer and up to now I hate work to rellexe oleler persons lor essentml war work I hue tlso been buymg war stamps regularly Itst tutumn I pleked apples and corn 'ts there w ts 1 shorttge ot other help For one week I stweel out ot sehool to plek apples Xt the present I am w orklng 1n a restaurant s help I5 htrd to get they hate to ta e youneer glrls and I am pltd to eooperate so that the older Iolks em go on to more essentlal work I hue trled my best to help brmg the war to m end soon I' ldora Iaeques Ilurxne ltst summer I worked IS waltress at the Rxxerslele Hotel VI hen sehool opened I tound that boys mel gtrls were w mted to ptek apples w hneh had been blown trom trees durlng a seyere storm so I yolunteered my serytees I llso mekeel bems and eorn Then durmg the wlnter months I haxe worked at the hotel do mg a ltttle ot eyerythmg I thmk the more eyervone works the qutcker our boys w1ll be home agaln X rrgtma Coates Last summer I worked m the local paper mlll playlng some baseball w1th local teams I worked durmg emergency storms on the rall road I xntend to work agam thts summer f1n a garage xt posslblel Donald Ixennedy DUflHg the summer I worked at seyeral tasks I'1rst I dld almost eyery klnd ot work tn the hay held I rode the horse rake Iwhlch I dlslxke to do xerv muehj I droye the truck tor loadlntr Xl hen we were gettmg ln small loads I trod the hay or pltched ll on and pttehed It Into the lolt ID the Setondly I Ieel d dirty yob and plenty lean shop opened I two houses whlle one mother worked days and the other ntghts I and one other person mlled paper on the new tte up root whnle my father eut the paper and put on the tar Thts took all ot one after noon I haxe run errands tor two households rn whteh people are srek bestdes domg the errands at home xlong wlth all thls I hate helted durmfr thts year to llflllg the hay home warn pulp whleh IS 1 rather st1eky too VVhen the took eare ot ehlldren at lrom where we keep II tnel quxte often my tather IS w orkmft w hen the tlme eomes to teed the sto k so th tt yob Itlls on me XX e hue two horses two eows two PlgS md a dozen hens I tlso Iuy stxmps and glye to eaeh orgamza tnon ol eharxtx tn IIS turn Izdtth Ramsey SOPHOMORE GROUP Dunne' the ltst summer setson I mowed ertss tt the Pleasant Hull C emeterles tour dtvs 1 week The I'Lll1llI1lI1i,, three dns gnc me the tvme ne esslry lor ttkmg etre ot mx xnetory gtrelen whleh supplled mlny tegetables for etnnme Thus wmter I hue workeel at the bank, w here I 'wureel Interest I dnd odd yobs durmg my yaetttons arnold Sturteyant For a tme thls summer I worked tor the Xlafne but I-Inghway Commlsston maklng tar - . 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' . 1 ' ' ,' ,- V - ' ' - ' , V N ' ' .' - . .. ze ' , 102 THE BANNER and sand rn a cement mlxer Nly day began at 6 a m and ended at 4 p m Much to my de Irght the wages had been lncreased from 55c to 63c per hour This rob was falrly hard and the sun was qurte hot Wrth some of the money I earned I bought clothes ustln Hartford I worked at the garage thrs summer D4 hours a weekj now after school I work nlghts and on Saturdays Q19 hours weeklyj I hase worked on school work I went to Lamp I-Ilnds last summer I hate helped collect tm cans and paper durmg the year My work at the garage begms at 1 a m and I am Frmshed at 530 p m I grease cars wash parts help palnt cars help the mechanrcs fill the coal bln After school I work from 4 p m to 6 p m I buy stamps and hase a Chrlstmas Llub Alan Barley I worked m the shxpyard at Bath Iron Works durlng xlcatlons I was rn what exeryone ca ed the clean ut ga g I really was a palnters and a sprayers helper ID the Pamt Department Lomrng back to school I started w orkmg rn the Foundry as 1 part tlme worker I was a mouldcrs helper I also drd some furnace work chrppm and grmdrng IXow I am em ployed tt the laper 'VI1Il unloadmg hmerock and sulphur from clrs norklng 7' I'-I hours a week Gerard Rrch trds I work on my father s farm cuttlng and haul rn wood LIFIXIDQ, 1 mllk truck I prck apples help hu plmt md harxest corn and potttocs dmc the tractor srw wood md do plentv ot chores Herbert Fuller Llst summer I went to Nlassachusetts to XISII my aunt whrle I w ts there I took rre or chrl dren whlle thelr mother worked rn the stne factory that my lunt drd Xlter I tune nck to go to school I worked ll mx uncle s prckm apples ll Iierrx Hull IIru1t I'1rm X rrgmm RlLl'lll'kl5 List sprmg and earlx summer I helped wlth the garden work although haunt, was mx khlll job llst summer -Xbout the mrddle of Iuly I went to work for a woman here 1n town I helped her wxth what canmng she drd and helped wrth the harxestmg at home The hrst of the school year I worked mqhts after school and Saturdays but as she 15 better now I onlv work for her Saturdays Our tamlly has sased about ID lbs ot fat for the goxernment since school started Wfuch waste paper old rubber and trn cans are also sax ed 1n our home for the war Frances NI Webster I am employed at the Internatlonal Paper Co as a stock handler and yard hand Durmg the summer I worked lnsxde on the beaters where I earned a consrderable amount of money whlch I am saxlng for college and msestrng rn bonds I am now worklng part tlme after school and on days off Henry Breton Uur ng my summer xacatron I was employed at the Bath Shlpyard as a welder -Xfter return mg to school I got a rob at the Record Foundry as part trme worker I 8 hours 1 week outsrde of school Paul Tessrer I 1st summer I worked on a fum both rn and Olll of doors I drd housework lnslde and tended corn trdcns chlckens etc outsrde For two weeks I helped out ID a hotel Now I do housex ork at a nerghbors Frequently I take care ot chlldren exemngs I buy war stamps exery Frldax wlth the monev I errn I lst week I bought SU worth NVhen the next bond druc comes I plm to buy Iwo SHO w lr bonds hrnestme VX hltcomb last summer I drd housework tor nexghbors took care ol thelr chrldren worked tn the ar den and drd cmmng I'rn1 Ihmtord I 1st summer I worked at Monks Confec IIOIILIW store tt the soda counter On Sundays I walled on tables from 6 ull I1 or II 30 p n I worked exery nrght rn the week but one I m stxll domg rt Thrs comrng summer Im gomg to work at the bean shop Lena Dramond 1 II A I I I - I VI Y 1 ' Y I 1 y I 4' ' I . 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THE BANINIER CJUISILIC school I do odd yobs such as haullng rubhlsh wood etc I work around the house and do llttle lobs that haxe to be done such as mowlng the lawn ln the summer and shoxellng snow ln the wlnter Last summer I worked on a farm durlng hay lng season It IS hot work but I prefer II to work ln the mllls I haue tour lambs to care for whlch requlres much UIUC because w hen I let them out ln the NXIIIICI' I haxe to watch them so no dogs wlll chase them In the summer I haxe a pasture w here dogs can t get at them I hate to get hay and store ll for XXIIIICI' I plan to work III the bean shop thls summer when II opens I w asnt old enough to Work there last summer Glen Partrldge 'Ihe hrst two weeks of my xacatlon I pulled weeds ln the garden then I got a job helplng the women next door I helped care tor the garden whlch we haxe IH the summer We dont hase a len large garden but I think lt IS blg enough I took care of chlldren and wlth the monev that I earned I bought stamps I stlll work atter school and Saturdays and I buv stamps wlth the money I get too Rosle Chlarax allotl I ast summer I worked at home dolng house work and helplng prepare the meals Other XXISC my mother would hase had to hlre some one It w as xerw hard to get help last summer I also worked III the segetable and flower gar dens I plcked l1CI'I'lCS and helped cln them md I canned x lrlous xegetables I gale to the Red L ross Drlxe and I buy War 'stumps X lxlsln XVllklns Ilere I9 1 llst ot IUOSI ot my work slnce I w IS l l!'C9l'llDlI1 I worked ln the New I'ngland Fu nlture Store l Ilttle whlle after school closed lI1SlLlC work IIILI delllerlnv I helped palnt and paper the house I helped my uncle haul grlxel 1 week or so when I was not worklng lmw here else I plcked beans at 'North Iav and New Sharon w hlle plcklng beans I was called to work the mght shltt at the Burnham and Xlorrlll Bean Factorv when school started I got a lob dlgglng a dltch tor a resldent of the town to lax a water plte at thls tlme I also helped Hllh harxestlng on local farms I went back to work nlghts and Saturdays at the New Fngland Furnlture Store thls XVIIIICI' I worked at Rand and Nloore s helplng get the lce ln I also worked tor the NI C, R R shoxellng snow I am now worklng at Internatlonal Paper Com pans atter school and Saturdays and Sundays Wendall Hardy Last summer I worked on our farm dolng the chores drlnlng tractors and other thlngs I helped mx brother ID law on hls farm haylng I drole thc tractor and horses lor hlln and helped IIIIU dlg mg potatoes and pourlng cement Last llll I helped put up snow fence I also helped plck apples at Bryants Orchard at North IIXLFIHOFC We boys had a good tlme alter Llllllllf XXI'C5IllUg Iast XVIHICI' I worked on the lcc lor selen days SIX ln the ICC house and one ll the pond The day I worked at the pond I sald I would nexer work on lce agaln It w as so cold the ICICICS hung on my ears chln, and nose and I had to stop about exerv Bye mlnutes and cut them off Howexer I went back the next day to help hnlsh the job Ralph Harmon I started worklng at the A 5: P ln December 19-I-I I worked after school and Saturdays Durlng a xacatlon I work steadlly When the snow storms came I shovelled snow In une I took oxer a paper route One has to get up a n NN hen I had flnlshed ln the mornlng I went back to bed and got up agaln at 8 a m ln orclcr to be at work ln the store by 9 a m 'Now I work untll 6 p m week days and Frl da untll 9 p m Saturdly untll I0 p m In the tall ot 44 I plcked apples tor Nlr Bryant and corn tor Mr 'Nlchols Iohn Houghton I worked IS l nurses ald at the local nurslng home thls summer The afternoons I had off I helped take care of an acre ot glrden whlch was len productlxe For about three or four weeks I worked tor a tamlly at thelr cottage taklng clre ot one chlld gettlng meals and do lng the housework Some ot my CNCDIDQS were stent taklng care of chlldren and of coure some tlme w lb spent at home helplng YVlIl'l the CHDHIHB and other work . . 103 W I I L rA 1 I . 2 . 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N A Q KA xv vu :L ,',Az' x 'Ex- BXNX RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY CECIL A RYDER Agent Phone .340 I INQIIIIOIL I fzlls Nl une THE CORNER DRUG STORE NYAL AGENCY LENHH Hh nam Ain ow SOLTH TOILPTRIES II E FOURNIER HARDWARE HEATING AND PLUMBING Frank W and Renjamln Butler ATTORNEYS AT I AW Fxlzxilxc Tox Nl XIINI Ln ermore Falls Radlo Company PHILCO AND MOTOROLA RADIOS PI-IILLO RFFRICERA FORS ILSSUTNYNI' STONPS XNDC XS SKI I'S AND SLRNICI Q l 1 t New England Furnlture C0 BEN EILVERMAN IOS TIIIE ,- .'.'ER Compliments of v , Q . , . 'C , Q .',,z' R1 1 II Main Street Livermore Falls, Main o Q l. Tel. I2 LIN FR'XlURli I7.'Xl-I,S. MAINE Compliments of . I Q A A - - J 0 I I 7 A 4 J , Ari: SAAJL. 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Ll- .I rcc . .iwrxnnrc fn s RAND and MOORE Domestlc, and Commerclal Fuels DISTRlBUT0llb SCH UNE VACUUM Range U11 Flll udce 011 TI LFPHONF 118 IISBON STRFIJI PHONE 3 3 F LORING STUDIOS Flne Portralts Lewiston Maine I I .xxm1uc:1T1-3 . Rm or NIINI-Q . mm . sc:km3NED BITUMINOLS s-- 1 41 11 'lllh IIXNNKR Compliments of Llvermore Falls Water Dlstllct DR W W PATTEN RAILEX BROTHERS FORD 6 or 8 MERCURY 8 SALEQ AND SERVICE MAREL S CAFE TCSSICPS Beauty Parlor EXPERIENCED OPERATORS 11 ly L I bl LABRECQUES MARKET O v . . Compliments of O C . Compliments of f Compliments of 7 Compliments of RUSS l'QXlll-llfXXlf TIZSSIIQR ' 7 Reliab'i 's a ished and Superior Service Maintained Compliments ol' THE PANNER J. Guy Coolidge Store DRY Goons GARNIENTS and VIILLINER1 LIX ERNIORE FALLS NIAIXF TEL -I XI Glen s Restaurant HOME Looman mon D BRICK G F KNIGHT LUMBER AIXD BLILDERS HARDVI ARE PAINTS AIND OIL LIME CEMENT NOV ELTY FOOTW E AR STAR SHOE STORE HXRI XX L DOI LOT? Shoe R p H XRIJXX XRL E E CLOUTIEP II I X PAINTS OILS HRLSHIIS C ROC RHU I I Iii 'II IL XI SI PPLIES 8 Unlon Street I IW ermore Falls Malne SX MI RAL S INC HARDWARE PAINTS AND EI ELTRIC XL SLPPLIES PX REX AND ENANIEL YK XRE , A Al lv A Y ' . , , D, . . f - . I Compliments ut 7 1 1 W 133 . St I Tel. 29' O C 7 1 ' r Tel. 36-3 S I e airing , , T L ,, at L Q l l Dealer in 1 . -' - WA . . R PER - . . ' ' - , . - 'f I' - J. 7 , . f 7 9 0 -, , II St eel - - Live ore Falls. Maine l' XXX I oniplnncnls l The Knowlton 81 Melreary Co PARWIINCTON WT-XIWE Llvermore Falls Trust Company irviimonr IXIIS mm F fry Y v VN u MEVBFR ISEDLRFXL Ill POSIT INSLR XNLF CORPOR LXTION Tha Th e M ll a f A cts Sturtevant 81 Ham INSURANCE Charles F Hull Spe al Ag t NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCF COMPANY h h r THE CORNER STORE In ermorc I ills Nl imc DUMAIS MARKET Te . 25 Ln CI'lllOl'C Falls llfl 'llll l. r'.'liR , ' .' o' 7 , I w A A I , A A A O , 4. J :, . 1 V 4- 4 4 A A A 4 An , A A A ,4 i ears' Successful Service Mai' le Be of Service to Yo r , - 5, 'i f fi'.fN.f . 1' More n re i ion Doll rs o ss Compliments of C ci en 72 C urc S reet Livermore Falls, Maine Telephone 100 Compliments of Compliments ol 9 l . 0 ' ' 0 XXX EVELETH5 BEAUTI SALON Telephone 266 I II ERMORE FALLS SANITARY DAIRI PASTEL RILED MILK nn CREAM Tl 2-H3 Poulln S SCPVICC Statlon Tel 101 LIVERMORE FALLS DUBORD'S MARKET CROCERIES MEATS AIND PROVISIONS NI XIX STRLPT TEL 179 7 COMPLETE HOME FURNISHINGS PHILCAS APPLIANCES MUSICAL MERCHANDISE Xlwlxs 'lt YOUI SCIXILL BAILEY FURNITURE C0 -i-2 TIII: I.f.'I9R 115 Compliments of 9 1 f L . . 0 J 7 w 7 Y V X ' Y A f 4 A L IOHX TARIJIF. Pmp. Chisholm. Maine C. ' - . , I , I 1 Y I 9 L 1 A vc svn, C Y 1 I v 'l w 1 O 116 Tllli BANNER Compliments of S. A. GRIFFIN MARY HALL CELESTE TOOMEY ELIZABETH POMEROY SYLVIA SHOEMAKER H N MAHER MR 85 MRS ROBERT BEEDY MABELLE HUNT C A PARSONS JOHN ALDRICH S R WHITNEY Cornphments of ITCHELL S SOCO Y ERVICE Corner Brldge and Maln Streets Livermore Falls, Malne ,ICA DRUGS STATIONERY and CIGARS Oscar Anderson Paul Dobosz Bette H1ckey Aus Dolloff Esther VXh1tney Claxrc IRUITISIS Rlcharrl Lovaas Rlcharcl Packard Donald Savage Stuart Barley 'Ihurlow VVIIKIHS Marx R1115 Album I-rancr Sherman I r.1m Olne X xr ln X Il'j,lIlll XX1oo1lbury Butrlx ionstantmc l1I1 SIIIIIII Imwootl XVI11te It tnttte lIlo1I5.,ett l'lo1se l-lotl kms SXIXII 'X11l1ols Afllll NILIJIIIILI R1t1 Thtr11c11 lorrune IZIIOIICJII Lell Rlklllfllb lxtnton C IX C ltnclon XX'1nton ltlmuncl 91111th X meant XX ensttr Datntl l lrsons MTUIILL I-ourmer Mxrx XX IIIICOITIIJ XX IIIIS IJILIILI Xmtor Wootlhury I'rntst Bulxforcl I5on11l1l lscnnctly Plulmc E1-.hal C lara I 1111b VITLIHIJ C mtes R1t11 Fmoml lvl1rg,1c lscct 1 1 fl uqu s Ix.1tl1ltcn Ill 11 clcll Iiutrlx leultl Irene POLIIIII lVI1I'I0l.1 I xltt IIIYIWITI I kt I' 111 R111 su R1t1 QIIIIUIILJU l 1t11e11 S1111 111 XX mol 1 N 11It 111 IJIIIIHL I 111 Dons XXel1st Xn1t1 lit llllltll Rose R1orLl1n C IUYII Moulton 1'1111 XX 1 Russtll XX ILIILI' 1111ts R1th1111111l Ito I 1ul Nl1r11111s ntl 1111 RIXIIIUIIII R101 111l I-I 1ol1l lor Q1 lunc Murrx OLIIS g NIIFIIH ll111t111 RIII XX 111l11tll 'vI.1r1l5n Wyman Iilllx Mxtthell Theresa Rlchards lIXlI'J Morse IUUINL 'lonu Clor11 WIHIOH I 1 1 SIIIIIII 'VI1x111v1 l 11st XI1tl1 1l1L Rlth 1r1l Iitttx Stortr 0111 XX Lllllldll litttx Ann llllxf Imtstlne XXh1tc0111b jnqutlxn XX11lght l llfll Rose X 111111 XX lIlxlIlN IIIIIILII rnstult RILIIIHI C loutxer O mtlo lut ILIII C C 111: I711111o Collttn C o son N IFIIXII III! 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Ac 1 Make the app in ment today at ' .'.'1 z ff,,. G H BASS SI CO Makers of 011111001 Footwgar ON NIXINI WIRTHMORE FEED COMPANY WAITES NEWS AGENCY I 3 xcco uc xks xN1Jc1cx1IT ISlUC7IxHJIRISHIXC DXY GEORGE IVlcL PRESSON Opt D IIIOX S I XRNIINK X NIXINI1 PRACTICAI BUSINESS TR XINING Geared to the tunes Ilislsfc 1 ILI I'III s SIIL I XI IRI- INDLLTIOX CKJLI S1- AIIBURN MAINE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE OIIII S1 Xl mum NI1 It 'I'III, I IXNNI1 Ia 119 O C 7 I , , , x NYILII' .' - - - I I I' ' Cmuplilnclmls III X. 'H li - . f. 'Q 7. . f' 9 , If 'ylf' gg I Rvud IlI1f41:1'11c'f, Pclf7l'l',x', and La' I' L LY 'ly TOISI I , I I .I I' f I. I I TES COMI I.IC'I'Ii LINE OIT GliIiIf'I'INf' CAI DS NU' f ' 1 5 YII .- 1 0 9 0 0 I OTII .'I'Qf . .' 'II J. '. I . I' ' 1 1 7 ' 4 I A I I . COL f 7 DR Ui 'QNI-QI? Y Q Q IXNf and . if. .7 Lf II .'I 'lfl J 53C ' .'l'ccl - I II ' . . :il A IXXX R WILSON S DOLLAR STORES GRUA INSURANCE AGENCY INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS ph Ma S LIVERMORE FALLS MAINIL 18DpotSt t BzL fPIPES F s TOBACCOS CIGARFTTES CIGARS HOT LUNCHES TONICS ICF CREAM CANDIES SPORTING GOODS KNICK KNACKS A Lztzl B z f E yth g If You Don t See It Just Ask For It Wllllam Moulton Clayton Wagner Donald Anderson Robert Fournier The Red 81 Wlute Seml Super Market C W MOORE Two TRUCKS Two TELEPHQNES Call 117 or ll3 Ken Holt Merriman Foster Bert DIIIIIHIS Edward ClOllll6I' Wendell Hardy Phillp Balley l2U 'lwlllf Compliments of 9 Tele one 20-2 18 in treet MONICS VARIETY STORE e ree - es ine 0 in Town - Livermore all l- Q ' c' I 0 ver in 9 9 I I O N Compliments of L G BALFOUR COMPANY At tleboro, Mass CLKQS RINGS AND PINb COMMEN CEMENT IIN VITATION S DIPLOMAS PERSGNAL CARDS Donald B Tuppel Cape E11 beth 7 Malne L0111IJlll1l6l1tS INTERNATIUNAL PAPER C0 O O 1 ' 'Y AA B ' T Represented by .Za - 3 . X I of O